SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Roger Williams
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John Winthrop
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Anne Hutchinson
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King Charles I
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hint: John Winthrop, the chief figure among the Puritan founders of New England, was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . Complete answer: Winthrop was thus part of a class that became the dominant force in English society, the gentry.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Winthrop, (born January 22 [January 12, Old Style], 1588, Edwardstone, Suffolk, England-died April 5 [March 26], 1649, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony [U.S.]), first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the chief figure among the Puritan founders of New England.
Detailed explanation-3: -In October 1629, he was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he led a group of colonists to the New World in April 1630, founding a number of communities on the shores of Massachusetts Bay and the Charles River.
Detailed explanation-4: -Winthrop was governor of the Massachusetts colony.
Detailed explanation-5: -Puritans like Winthrop were persecuted. As he worried about his future, Winthrop became intrigued by a new venture, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a commercial enterprise that offered the chance for religious freedom in the New World.