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Plymouth Colony

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Plymouth Colony settlement made by the Pilgrims on the coast of Massachusetts in 1620. Founding Previous attempts at colonization in America (1606, 1607-8) by the Plymouth Company, chartered in 1606 along with the London Company (see Virginia Company ), were unsuccessful and resulted in the company's inactivation for a number of years. In 1620 the Plymouth Company, reorganized as the Council for New England, secured a new charter from King James I, granting it all the territory from lat. 40° N to lat. 48° N and from sea to sea. Also in 1620 the Pilgrims, having secured a... Read more
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Early English colony in Massachusetts . It was ... stockholders envisioned the colony as a refuge from religious ... the colonists founded their colony on the Charles River at what ... new charter, which merged Plymouth colony and Maine into the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts Bay ... Read more
Plymouth
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... Massachusetts, U.S. Located on Plymouth Bay, it was the site ... in New England, the Colony of New Plymouth, founded by the Pilgrims ... of Massachusetts Bay Colony . Its seaside location ... historic associations make Plymouth an outstanding summer ... early colonial houses. Plymouth ... Read more

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