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The colony's charter grants to the Massachusetts …
Years: 1630 - 1630
October
The colony's charter grants to the Massachusetts General Court the authority to elect officers and to make laws for the colony.
Its first meeting in America is held October 1630, but is attended by only eight freemen.
Soon after they create the First Church of Boston.
The freemen vote to grant all legislative, executive, and judicial power to a "Council" of the Governor's assistants (these same eight men).
They then set up town boundaries, create taxes, and elect officers.
To quell unrest caused by this limited franchise, the eight then add one hundred and eighteen settlers to the court as freemen, but power remains with the council.
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- Plymouth Council for New England
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Years: 1630 - 1630
October
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