AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Plymouth
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Mayflower compact
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Rhode Island
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Detailed explanation-1: -Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1, 000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plymouth was the first settlement in what became the Massachusetts Bay colony. A group of Puritans attempting to escape religious persecution in England founded the Plymouth settlement in 1620. These settlers become known as “Pilgrims”.
Detailed explanation-3: -While they may not have been the first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts, the Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Puritans left England in 1630 to reform the Anglican church, establishing their colony in the city of Boston to serve as a model for Protestantism.