May 30, 2018
When Archbishop Laud investigated Massachusetts's activities, he learned that the charter had been taken to America, and prepared to take over the colony. With the looming threat, the colony worked hard to keep its citizens from provoking a confrontation with the king. It was in this atmosphere that John Endicott cut...
May 23, 2018
1633 was the year that the problems which would plague the Bay Colony emerged. Theological and governmental debate, threats from rival colonial powers, and an Indian attack all preoccupied colonists' minds - while from England, the colony's opponents attacked its charter.
May 16, 2018
1631-32 was a time of relative calm and optimism for Puritans in England, so emigration to the New World slowed down. Colonists were able to spend the two years building an autonomous commonwealth, making peace with the Indians, and solidifying their claims against people with rival colonial ambitions.
May 9, 2018
In 1630, 1500 English colonists flooded Massachusetts Bay. For the most part, they came as affluent, middle class families with urban backgrounds. They brought tons of provisions, and set about building multiple towns, and setting up a self-governing colony.