USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Puritans, a religious group in England. They founded their colony to escape religious persecution and hoped to build a model religious community in the Americas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Massachusetts’ Early Colonial History 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Freedom of religion and freedom of speech or of the press were as foreign to the Puritans as to the Church of England.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Puritans came to Massachusetts seeking religious freedom, but their concept of religious freedom was not at all the same as ours. They meant religious freedom for themselves that was the right to worship, to establish churches as they saw fit, which they were unable to do in England.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay believed in a separation of church and state, but not a separation of the state from God. restricting future freemanship and the right to vote only to Congrega-tional Church members in order to guarantee a “godly” government.