It was a theocracy: there was no separation of church and state back then, and the Puritans were the dominant religious group, so their religion was the only one allowed. And despite how austere and harsh the Puritans were, they really believed in education, and both boys and girls were expected to learn to read and write.
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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.
They traded crops and exported and imported goods.
It was the first new england colony to be settled
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Many residents of colonial Massachusetts were Puritans. They followed a strict code of conduct, and religion played a central role in their lives.
some facts are that the colonial people loved sweets and that some people slept in the fireplace in their house in the Winter. pretty amazing huh?
Colonial Society of Massachusetts was created in 1892.
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The main religion of colonial Massachusetts in the 1700s were Puritan Separatists. They came to the colony in pursuit of religious freedom.