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Massachusetts Bay Company

American  

noun

  1. a company, chartered in England in 1629 to establish a colony on Massachusetts Bay, that founded Boston in 1630.


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He and his ministers also worried about the colonies’ tendencies to go their own way, especially Massachusetts, which governed itself under the charter of the old Massachusetts Bay Company.

From Textbooks Jan. 18, 2018

In 1629, the Massachusetts Bay Company received a charter from King Charles I of England to settle in New England.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

Similarly, the Massachusetts Bay Company charter clearly expounded the rules of civil government and delineated the limits of the crown and Parliament’s authority in New England.

From Slate

And although the Massachusetts Bay Company charter was unique in its independence from the crown, by the 1760s, almost all the colonies were governed by “charter governments.”

From Slate

The Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Company and their Government, commencing in 1629.

From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson

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