Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Puritan_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Boston
gptkbp:charteredBy gptkb:King_Charles_I
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Pequot_War
gptkb:King_Philip's_War
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:English_Crown
1691
gptkbp:economy farming
fishing
shipbuilding
trade
gptkbp:education Harvard College founded 1636
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Red_Ensign_with_St._George's_Cross
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Puritans
gptkbp:foundedIn 1630
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Company
gptkbp:governingBody theocratic republic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legalSystem English common law
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:General_Court
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:New_England
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay
1691
gptkbp:neighboringColony gptkb:Connecticut_Colony
gptkb:Plymouth_Colony
gptkb:Rhode_Island_Colony
gptkbp:notableDissenter gptkb:Roger_Williams
gptkb:Anne_Hutchinson
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Great_Migration
gptkb:Salem_Witch_Trials
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Body_of_Liberties
gptkb:Cambridge_Platform
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:John_Endecott
gptkb:John_Winthrop
gptkbp:populationIn1630s about 20,000
gptkbp:purpose economic opportunity
religious freedom
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Puritanism
gptkbp:religiousPolicy intolerance of dissent
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Scarlet_Letter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5