It was founded in a couple different ways, and each benchmark could be spoken of as a year of founding.
Initially it is credited to John Winthrop, who sailed over on the Arbella in 1629, and founded Boston in 1630, under a charter from the King of England to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Prior to that, we know the Pilgrims, who were separatists from the Church of England determined to settle in the Jamestown Colony in Virginia, got lost in a storm, landed nearby in this same area, and established their own Plymouth Colony in 1620, which was later ordained by the King of England. Also, there was a separate settlement in Cape Ann by the Dorchester Company, meaning to establish the Dorchester Colony in 1624, which was ultimately unsuccessful.
Yet, in 1686 both the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony charters were revoked by the King James II, who was a devout Catholic, and determined to control the insubordinate Protestants in the area, and established the Dominion of New England, to rule all of the New England region (then including parts of New York and Canada).
After the Glorious Revolution, in which King James II was overthrown by William of Orange, you then get a new Protestant rule. William and Mary then created the Royal Province of Massachusetts Bay, in 1691, which created a vast colony including both the territory of the Massachusetts Bay (which included what is present day Maine) and Plymouth Colonies, as well as the holdings in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as well as the Islands off the coast of Cape Cod.
In the battle of independence the Massachusetts Bay Colony was a particular thorn in the side of the crown, and it lead up to the Port of Boston being shut down in one of the Intolerable Acts. Later, in 1774 the British Parliament declared Massachusetts in rebellion, and essentially revoked the charter, disbanded the government, and established a military authority over the region.
They were still considered a colony under the rule of the British Crown at this point. It wasn't up until the Declaration of Independence was ratified in Massachusetts, would then then Massachusetts Colony become an independent state. After the end of the Revolutionary War, when peace was established, Massachusetts territory was recognized, but without the holdings in Canada, which were left to the British.
However, they had no official governing doctrine until the Massachusetts Constitution was created and signed in 1780 that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was established. That document, written mostly from notes of suggestions from John Adams, became the inspiration for how the US Constitution, and many other State Constitutions would be framed, and exists today as the longest currently functioning written constitution in the world. They then became officially one of the United States of America, when they ratified the US Constitution in 1788.
Since then, some of the territory of Massachusetts was ceded to MI, OH, ME, NY, and VT, but the area of Massachusetts has remained in tact since then.
So to sum up, the major founding acts of Massachusetts were;
Massachusetts was founded on February 6, 1788
Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded for religious freedom.
Massachusetts was founded for religious freedom.this is the best answer.
Massachusetts was founded for religious freedom. The religions name was puritan that Winthrop studied.
Massachusetts Bay Company was founded in the year 1629.
The Puritans founded Massachusetts. They came to Massachusetts for religious freedom. The bay colony was founded under a royal charter.
English Puritans founded it for religious freedom, and the correct grammer would be "Why was Massachusetts founded?" hope i helped :P
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Massachusetts was founded for religious freedom
John Winthrop was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony after it was founded.
Boston, Massachusetts was founded in 1630. Boston, England was founded long before that.
The Massachusetts Colony was founded in 1620 by the Puritans.