Massachusetts
During the colonial period, what is now Maine was part of Massachusetts, making Massachusetts the northern most colony.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay Colony was formed in 1630 by John Winthrop as a safe haven for English Puritan families. Eventually Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth colony joined to become Massachusetts.
Massachusetts
New EnglandIt was a New England colony. The New England colonies were the colonies that were in the north.
The Puritans came from Great Britain to the Americas, and started a colony in North America. They settled in what is now Massachusetts.
Massachusetts was the northernmost colony, even though on a map it is easy to see that New Hampshire and Vermont are "north" of Massachusetts. The reason for this is that the colony of Massachusetts included Maine. On the map Massachusetts was all of what is now Massachusetts and all of Maine.
They settled in the Massachusetts Bay area. The first colony was on the east coast of North America.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Colony, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Colony, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston.
Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony.