Massachusetts As A Troublemaker Analysis

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England viewed Massachusetts as a troublemaker because the Massachusetts Bay Company transformed itself from the enterprise into a colonial government. They were trying to govern themselves, not by the king as well. England also disliked the idea of the Congregational Church, and the colony did not establish the Church of England as an official religion. The colonial government protected ministers, taxed residents to support the church, and enforced the law requiring attendance at services, forming a theocracy.

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