Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution on February 6, 1788, according to the Census Bureau. Originally, Maine was ...

On Feb. 22, 1630, Massachusetts Bay Colony residents enjoyed two firsts: popcorn and a Thanksgiving dinner with Indians. In 1977, four Cuban exiles arrested in the Watergate break-in accepted a $ ...

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Ten years after the Pilgrims first settled near Plymouth Rock, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was officially founded in 1630 by a group of Puritan refugees from England led by Gov. John Winthrop.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by a group of Puritan refugees from England led by John Winthrop, and Massachusetts officially became a state in 1788. However, the oldest town in ...

As Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company under a Crown charter John Winthrop, arch-Puritan, sailed from Eng land in March 1630 ... Through the Bay Colony, he said, English blood spread ...

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Puritans in 1630, and the two colonies merged to become the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691. Plymouth history: The oldest town in MA is older ...