Massachusetts - A Colony
Massachusetts is quite possibly the most famous of the 13 Colonies, laying claim to the Pilgrims' landing and the Boston Tea Party, as well as the first battles of the Revolutionary War--Lexington and Concord. Native Americans, of course, were living in Massachusetts long before Europeans arrived. Among them were the Wampanoag, the Nauset, and the Massachuset. These people were largely agricultural, although they did a good amount of fishing and trading with French and British settlers. European settlement of the Massachusetts colony began in 1620, with the landing at Plymouth of the Pilgrims, looking for freedom from religious persecution. They found the winter difficult, but they stayed. The English settlers found some friendly Native Americans in the Massachusetts area. The Wampanoag, in particular, were friendly to the Pilgrims. (Out of this friendship came the First Thanksgiving.) The Plymouth colony thrived and expanded, becoming the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Salem was the first capital, then was replaced by Boston in 1632, after a huge infusion of English settlers arrived. The colony thrived as an agricultural colony, although several important merchants set up shop in the following years. Most people lived in villages,
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