The Pilgrums founded it. :)
catholic church
Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded for religious freedom.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Haven
Massachusetts Bay Company was founded in the year 1629.
Massachusetts was founded by the people that owned Massachusetts Bay Company. This company was a business venture by a group of Englishmen. It was also another venture for Dorchester Company that had at first failed in the Colonies.
Winthrop was the leader of the group who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was one of the founders.
John Winthrop was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony after it was founded.
Salem, Massachusetts was the first established town in Massachusetts Bay Colony. There was a group of settlers from the Dorchester Company that had settled there earlier and left, never establishing a town. This was on Cape Ann.
the puritans
The Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony. The Puritans were the group that settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
as Massachusetts island
English Separatists founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. English Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.