MASSACHUSETTS
Founded: 1630 by John Winthrop and others, at Massachusetts Bay
Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding)
Major Cities: Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, Concord
Colony Named for: Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place")
Became a State: February 6, 1788
Reasons: To escape the church of england.
Target Resident(s): British puritans
Residency requirements: landowners/ part of the puritan church.
Documents: Mayflower Compact
Government: monarchy
religion: Puritan
Celebrities: John Winthrop
Thomas Dudley
James Spader
Matt Damon
Mark Wahlberg
Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (lumbering, shipbuilding)
Major Cities: Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, Concord
Colony Named for: Massachusetts tribe (word means "large hill place")
Became a State: February 6, 1788
Reasons: To escape the church of england.
Target Resident(s): British puritans
Residency requirements: landowners/ part of the puritan church.
Documents: Mayflower Compact
Government: monarchy
religion: Puritan
Celebrities: John Winthrop
Thomas Dudley
James Spader
Matt Damon
Mark Wahlberg