SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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Salem & Boston
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Jamestown and Williamsburg
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Philadelphia & New Amsterdam
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Plymouth & Rhode Island
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Detailed explanation-1: -After the arrival of the original Separatist “pilgrims” in 1620, a second, larger group of English Puritans emigrated to New England. The second wave of English Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the New Haven Colony, and Rhode Island.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among the communities that the Puritans established were Boston, Charlestown, Dorchester, Medford, Watertown, Roxbury, and Lynn.
Detailed explanation-3: -Puritans facing religious persecution in England set out for the New World, where they established a colony at Plymouth.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a colony located near modern-day Boston and Salem Massachusetts. It was founded by the investors of the Massachusetts Bay Company and its colonists were mainly puritans.