The Puritans .
They were Puritans.
The Puritans .
they established the Plymouth colony
they established the Plymouth colony
the puritans
the puritans
The Puritans landed in Massachusetts in 1620, stating the colony
the Pilgrims established Plymouth.
The Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony. The Puritans were the group that settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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.
Each group of settlers created a community based on religious beliefs
Puritans were the main religious group, as Quakers and other Christian denominations left the colony.
The Puritans, who believed the Church of England was too hierarchical (among other disagreements) came to Massachusetts for religious freedom, although, like the Plymouth colony, the bay colony was founded under a royal charter
The Massachusetts Bay colony was established by the Massachusetts Bay Company. The Cambridge Agreement was signed in order to buy out some investors.