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Boston (Massachusetts Bay Colony)

Type Object Region North America Time 1630

Boston was founded by Puritan settlers in 1630 on the Shawmut Peninsula and quickly became the political and religious center of the Massachusetts Ba…

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  1. 1630Shawmut Peninsula · BostonSettlers of the Massachusetts Bay Company arrived from England, named the Shawmut Peninsula Boston after Boston in Lincolnshire, England, and began building houses and churches.
  2. 1630–1639Boston town center · BostonIn the 1630s Boston replaced Charlestown as the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; town meetings, church governance, and port trade developed in step, and the population and settlement spread around the peninsula.
  3. 1635–1640Boston Harbor · BostonBy around 1640 Boston Harbor had regular trade with the West Indies and England; shipbuilding, fishing, and re-export commerce made the city an economic hub of New England.

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