MASSACHUSETTS

FOUNDERS

• A group of Puritans in 1629 went out to settle and area north of Plymouth.
• John Winthrop and the pilgrims founded the colony of Massachusetts.
• This was the result of The Puritans landing in America.

REASONS FOUNDED

• Success of the pilgrims encouraged Puritans to move to america.
• Intentions of John Winthrop were "We shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us."
• Soon other followed the Puritans and by 1643 there was more than 20,000 Puritans in america

SETTLERS

• The settlers in Massachusetts were mostly Puritans leaving from England to America.
• The Puritans wanted to put their religious beleifs into practice so most of them came here.
• Other people who did not agree with the Puritans were expelled and had to form other colonies.

CLIMATE & GEOGRAPHY

• Colonists faced bitterly cold winters and mild summers.
• At the coast land was flat but became hilly farther inland.
• Soil was rocky and it was hard to farm.
• Cold winters reduced the spread of disease.

ECONOMY

• As the colony grew farmers started to work in feilds surrounding the towns
• Farmers in the colony earned money by selling lots of crops
• If one crop failed farmers could replace them with another type of crop

RELIGION

• The Puritans made Protestant Congregationalist the colonies official religion.
• Members of other religions would be expelled and have had to start their own colonies
• Religion was one of the main reasons the Puritans moved to america.

POLITICS

• The elected group ran the colony through General Court owned by the founding company
• People voted for the governor and representatives for the general court
• Only adult males who owned property and was a church member could vote

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Source 1: U.S. history book
• Source 2: http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/massachusetts-bay-colony-religio...
• Source 3: http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13regions/#ne