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Thomas Hooker, a Puritan who disagreed with the leadership of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, left with about 100 followers and founded what is now Hartford, Connecticut in 1636.

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What did Thomas hooker do after he left Massachusetts bay?

He went to Connecticut and started a colony there


What colonies were started by people who left Massachusetts bay colony?

deffinatly Rhode island and connecticute and i think New hampshire


Rhode Island and Connecticut were founded by settlers who left what colony?

Massachusetts.


John Winthrop and Thomas Hooker lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s. Thomas Hooker did not agree with John Winthrop's leadership and left the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

It was to form his own colony in Connecticut


The first town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony was Salem?

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.


After leaving massachusetts he founded a new colony that eventually would become rhode island?

Rodger Williams left Massachusetts and founded a New Colony that eventually would become Rhode Island. The Colony was originally called the Colony of Providence Plantation.


What were the reasons why people left the Massachusetts bay colony?

Because they wanted religious freedom


Who left Massachusetts who found new colony called Rhode Island?

roger williams


Is Puritanism the only religion in Massachusetts Colony?

Puritans were the main religious group, as Quakers and other Christian denominations left the colony.


Why did Thomas Hooker leave the colony Massachusetts bay?

Thomas Hooker was forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He had to leave when he disagreed with the Puritan leaders.


What colony did the puritans establish?

The Puritans left the country of England to found three colonies in the New England of North America: Plymouth in 1620 and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, both located in Massachusetts, and the Connecticut Colony in 1636.


Did the puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony before or after roger Williams founded providence Rhode islland?

The Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, while Roger Williams founded Providence, Rhode Island, in 1636. Williams left the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to his belief in the separation of church and state and the fair treatment of Indigenous peoples. Thus, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established before Williams founded Providence.