Massachusetts

Virginia and Massachusetts being the first two of the thirteen colonies, had similarities in the way they started, but as time went on, their differences began to be known. Massachusetts and Virginia are different because Virginia had the more humid and warm climate, which lead to their great tobacco business and with their crops. With all of the commodities fluctuating Virginia thus had an abundance of slave labor, much more than the Northern colonies, such as Massachusetts. Massachusetts was…

The settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony differed from that of the Jamestown in several aspects, allowing it to become a more successful enterprise. For example, the settlement of Jamestown was greatly hindered by its location next to a swamp and garbage filled rivers, which allowed for the spread of malaria, dysentery, and typhoid fever. These diseases along with the lack of food in Jamestown, resulted in the death of about half of the original population within the first year (p58).…

The patterns of American colonial life, specifically in the Massachusetts Bay colony, encapsulated the massive social, political, and economic shifts of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Factors including freedom of religious expression and increased opportunity for wealth or opportunity led many Europeans to immigrate to New England. Prominent figures and experiences of the entire Colonial Massachusetts Bay population as a whole are often times generalized onto those of the…

In the 1600s, England’s two most prominent colonies in the Americas were busily evolving into disparate societies with different goals and social structures, even though the people who settled Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, and their surrounding colonies all emigrated from the same country. This difference in overall development occurred due to the contrasting motives of the colonists departing for New England and the Chesapeake. The people who would become New Englanders were motivated by the…

Unlike the other colonies such as Virginia, consisting of those who had come on their own such a second sons, the Massachusetts Bay colony was established, not as a money maker, but instead as a place where the Puritans could worship the way they chose. The environment of the northwest was not suited for large farms, so the colonists made their money fishing in Cape Cod…

The British colony Virginia (Jamestown) was established in 1607 and 22 years later the Massachusetts Bay was established. There are many events and factors in history that helped in the founding and in the development of the colonies of Virginia (also known as Royal Colony), and Massachusetts Bay (also known as Charter Colony). They were both British Colonies, but the reasons they came were for different. Between these colonies there are many similarities and differences in the founding and…

In 1629, nearly 500 documented Puritan settlers traveled to America forming the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Among these 500, was John Winthrop, who was chosen as their first governor. His eyes were focused upon God and his heart was set on freedom. Wishing to create a perfect model society, he wasted no time. Born in England, Winthrop belonged to the gentry, which dominated English society for one hundred years. He attended Trinity College in Cambridge, where he studied law. Being an avid man of…

Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay Colony both had great impacts for the thirteen colonies. Jamestown was the first surviving settlement for the English in the Americas. Jamestown’s survival caused more settlers to come to the Americas in the belief that they too could survive. The Puritans of Massachusetts Bay colony believed only Puritans should have a “voice” over the colony. Non-puritans left Massachusetts to start a new colony because they didn’t want to be pressured to follow the beliefs…

the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. She can easily be perceived as one of the first leaders in Women’s Rights in history. Hutchinson was one of the first women to express her opinions on religion publically, which was not permitted at that time. Her strong will and opinions eventually led to her excommunication from the church and banishment from the Colony. Anne Hutchinson was an independent thinker who led many discussions on her religious beliefs. Since the members of the Massachusetts Bay…

In 1692, Massachusetts Bay Colony became a site of mass hysteria, defined by Merriam-Webster, as a situation in which a myriad of people behave or react in an extreme or uncontrolled manner as a result of fear or anger. This mass hysteria dispersed itself throughout the region of Salem, involving witchcraft accusations that ushered in a period of trials, torture, imprisonment, and executions. By the time the trials came to a halt, an astonishing 20 people were executed, while an additional 162…