SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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Question
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Plymouth never had a charter
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They came together for the beaver trade
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The Fundamental Orders of Boston required it
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Massachusetts Bay colony lost 95% of their population
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plymouth played a central role in King Philip’s War (1675–1678), one of several Indian Wars, but the colony was ultimately merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony and other territories in 1691 to form the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Detailed explanation-2: -Increasing estrangement between the colony and England resulted in the annulment of the company’s charter in 1684 and the substitution of royal government under a new charter granted in 1691. The charter of 1691 merged the Plymouth colony and Maine into the Massachusetts Bay Colony. See also Plymouth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plymouth Colony was a 17th Century British settlement and political unit on the east coast of North America. It was established in 1620; it became part of the Dominion of New England in 1686; in 1691 Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay Colony were combined.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Plymouth Colony never received a legal charter from the king and based its existence as a self-governing colony completely on the Mayflower Compact and two land patents it received from the New England Council in 1621 and 1630.
Detailed explanation-5: -No, Plymouth Colony is not the same as Massachusetts Bay Colony. Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620, whereas Massachusetts Bay Colony was established in 1630. The Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony, while the Puritans founded Massachusetts Bay Colony.