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The city of Boston is founded on …
Years: 1630 - 1630
September
The city of Boston is founded on September 17, 1630, by a similar, larger group.
The colony will continue to grow, aided by the Great Migration.
The redirected Massachusetts Bay Company will over the ensuing decade transplant whole communities from Old England to New England, totaling around ten thousand emigrants.
Many ministers reacting to the newly repressive religious policies of England will made the trip with their flocks.
John Cotton, Roger Williams, Thomas Hooker, and others will become leaders of Puritan congregations in Massachusetts.
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- Puritans
- England, (Stuart) Kingdom of
- Plymouth Council for New England
- Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for its founding institution)
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Colonization of the Americas, English
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Years: 1630 - 1630
September
Locations
People
Groups
- Puritans
- England, (Stuart) Kingdom of
- Plymouth Council for New England
- Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for its founding institution)
Topics
- Protestant Reformation
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Colonization of the Americas, English
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions