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10 paź 2017 · The economic prosperity of maritime commerce caused both internal conflict among Massachusetts colonists and external conflict with the mother country, Britain. Within Massachusetts, social class stratification emerged rapidly.
1675 – King Philip’s War breaks out in Massachusetts and Rhode Island which devastates the colony’s economy and destroys 1,200 homes and 12 settlements. King Charles II establishes the Lords of Trade to help regulate trade in the colonies.
15 paź 2024 · Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley.
5 dni temu · Massachusetts - Politics, Economy, Society: The Pilgrims established a government of sorts under the Mayflower Compact of 1620, which enshrined the notion of the consent of the governed.
Although the Massachusetts economy of this era was one of the most impressive in the British empire, it was precariously based. Lacking rich soils or other valuable resources save lumber, the colony, to a degree unmatched by any other colony, depended upon maritime activities for her economic well-being.
18 sty 2021 · A preliminary expedition led by Puritan Separatist John Endicott (l. c. 1600-1665 CE) established a colony at Salem in 1628 CE, but a larger influx arrived in 1630 CE led by the Puritan lawyer John Winthrop (l. c. 1588-1649 CE).
Published online: 26 April 2021. Summary. The economy of territory that became the United States evolved dramatically from ca. 1000 ce to 1776. Before Europeans arrived, the spread of maize agriculture shifted economic practices in Indigenous communities.
