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What was the earliest major English settlement in the new England colonies?
Massachusetts
Did Boston Massachusetts draw up the first constitution in the English colonies?
No. The first compact in the colonies was the Mayflower Compact.
What was the first representative government or legislature in the English colonies?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Why did Quakers come to settle in the American colonies?
they came because they wanted freedom. and they settled in massachusetts.
Which of the original 13 English colonies was established by the dutch and what was its name?
massachusetts, pennsylvania, new york
What were the eight English colonies in the northeast?
The eight English Colonies in the northeastern part of America were later called New England. The first eight English Colonies were Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.
Which colonies depended most on the ocean as a source of food and commerce?
New English colonies: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut.
What was the Massachusetts Charter?
The Massachusetts Charter was a document that granted rights to the people of Massachusetts Bay Colony from the English government. A sort of colonial constitution. All the 13 colonies has one.
The only seventeenth-century English colony to be settled principally by colonists from other colonies rather than from England was?
Massachusetts
Is Maine an English colony?
No. Maine was not discovered back then. Instead, on the 13 English colonies map, massachusetts took place where Maine is. Now, maine is discovered and it is on the map.
When was the first slave sold in Colonial America?
Slavery was first legalized in the English American colonies in 1642, in Massachusetts. Several other colonies followed before 1700. There is a link below.
What colonies did Massachusetts trade and interact with?
They traded with nearby colonies
