In the 1630s, proprietors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony began to settle the Northampton area, spreading into the land that ...

Massachusetts Bay Colony feared that Wampanoag chief Metacom ... to be one of the bloodiest per capita in all of American history. By September 1676, thousands of Native Americans had been ...

according to the History of Massachusetts Blog. Others pinpoint 1637 as the true origin of Thanksgiving, since the Massachusetts Bay Colony's governor, John Winthrop, declared a day to celebrate ...

The Crucible” is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-1693. American playwright Arthur Miller penned the play as an allegory for ...

Although individuals played a large part in the events of 1775, the demographics, history ... the colony retained its Puritan roots. Puritan beliefs led people in Massachusetts to establish ...

Raylene Hinz-Penner here, a Liberal, Kansas native, retired English professor now living in Newton, with a glimpse into Wordy ...

In 1690, the first paper money in America was issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony to finance a military expedition to Canada.