The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by a group ... including William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony who is buried in the nearby Burial Hill Cemetery, and Wampanoag leader ...

Most notably, Massachusetts is known as the birthplace of the Revolutionary War, with the first battle of the war taking place in the state — a landmark event in the history of the United States that ...

Middlesex was established in 1643 as one of Massachusetts Bay Colony’s original three counties ... Nantucket, Norfolk, and Plymouth. The surviving Massachusetts county governments are less ...

The migration of several thousand Englishmen to the newly formed Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1629 and 1640 spilled over into Plymouth Colony and generated constant pressure on the Wampanoag ...

400 years later, this Massachusetts town is grappling with ... After finding no suitable home, the Pilgrims sailed to Plymouth Bay, ferried ashore in small groups, and settled in the remains ...

Tens of thousands of Puritans therefore poured into Massachusetts Bay Colony in what became known as the “Great Migration.” By 1645, they already surrounded and would in time absorb the remnants of ...

Connecticut had not been explored by the English settlers of the nearby Massachusetts Bay Colony, according to the Windsor Historical Society. However, after hearing that the Dutch established a ...