MASSACHUSETT

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Themain tribes living in the area were the Alongonquin tribes, specifically the Wampanoag, Massachusett, Nauset, Machian, Nipmuck, Pennacook, and Pocumtuck. Contact with European explorers began in the late 15th Century, with the main results being exchange of goods and diseases. John Cabot explored the area in 1497 and 1498, and sporadic travelers followed during the next century. Bartholemew Gosnold came through in 1602 and named Cape Cod for the fish that were plentiful in the bay. Samuel de Champlain passed by two years later, on his way to bigger and better things in what is now the Midwest. The European diseases were especially deadly to the Native Americans, with an epidemic wiping out 90 percent of coastal tribes by the time the Pilgrims arrived, in 1620. (In fact, Plimoth Plantation was built on the site of a former Native American settlement, Patuxet.)

A Brief History of   Massachusetts

LOCATION: Berkshires,Cheshire MA

Boston/Largest Cities: Boston   Worcester   Springfield   Lowell   Cambridge   Brockton   New Bedford   Fall River   Lynn   Quincy

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In 1630, John Winthrop and a large group of Puritans arrived in Salem, bearing a royal charter to set up the Massachusetts Bay Colony. During the next few decades, a pattern of resistance to royal authority emerged that would vary between an undercurrent and a raging torrent during the next 100 years. In 1684, the British crown revoked the royal charter, and Massachusetts joined the Dominion of New England. Just seven years later, the colony became a Royal Province, which gave it money and support from Great Britain but also subjected it to greater control.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony became a strong presence in trade and in shipping, as the colony continued to grow. The 18th Century brought with it more recognition and more money. Boston by this time was one of the most-recognized names in the world.

The colony was also the site of many "firsts" in the 13 Colonies, including the following:

• the first public park, Boston Common, opened in 1634
• the first free public school, founded in 1635 in Boston
• the first public university, Harvard, founded in Cambridge in 1636
• the first public library, founded in 1653 in Boston
• the first regularly issued newspaper, the Boston News-Letter, begun in 1704.