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The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony
British overseas territories

The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom itself....
 chartered October 7, 1691 in North America by William and Mary
William and Mary

The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the joint sovereignty over the Kingdom of England, as well as the Kingdom of Scotland, of William III of England and his wife Mary II of England, a daughter of James II....
, the joint monarchs of the Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a state in North-West Europe. The Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and a number of smaller outlying islands?what is today the legal unit of England and Wales....
 and the Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Scotland

The Kingdom of Scotland was a state in North-West Europe which existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a Anglo-Scottish border to the south with the Kingdom of England, with which it was united to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, under the terms of the Acts of Union 1707, in 170...
. The charter was put into effect on May 14, 1692 and included the former Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem, Massachusetts and Boston, Massachusetts....
 and Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony

Plymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 until 1691. The first settlement was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by John Smith of Jamestown....
, as well as the Province of Maine
Province of Maine

The Province of Maine refers to several England colonies of that name that existed in the 17th century along the northeast coast of North America, at times roughly encompassing portions of the present-day U.S....
, Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard is an island off the United States east coast, to the south of Cape Cod, both forming a part of the Outer Lands region. It is often called just "the Vineyard"....
, Nantucket
Nantucket, Massachusetts

Nantucket is an island 30 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck Island and Muskeget, it constitutes the New England town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the coterminous Nantucket County, which are consolidated....
, and what is now Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada....
. (Nova Scotia was separated in 1696, and became the Province of Nova Scotia in 1713.) The Province of New Hampshire
Province of New Hampshire

The Province of New Hampshire was a British overseas territories organized on October 7, 1691, during the period of British colonization of the Americas....
 gained its independence from Massachusetts Bay at the time of the creation of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

The name Massachusetts comes from the Massachusett
Massachusett

The Massachusett were a tribe of Native Americans in the United States who lived in areas surrounding Massachusetts Bay in what is now the state of Massachusetts....
, an Algonquian
Algonquian peoples

The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American Indigenous peoples of the Americas groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds, and hundreds of thousands who still identify with various Algonquian peoples....
 tribe.






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The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony
British overseas territories

The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom itself....
 chartered October 7, 1691 in North America by William and Mary
William and Mary

The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the joint sovereignty over the Kingdom of England, as well as the Kingdom of Scotland, of William III of England and his wife Mary II of England, a daughter of James II....
, the joint monarchs of the Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a state in North-West Europe. The Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and a number of smaller outlying islands?what is today the legal unit of England and Wales....
 and the Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Scotland

The Kingdom of Scotland was a state in North-West Europe which existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a Anglo-Scottish border to the south with the Kingdom of England, with which it was united to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, under the terms of the Acts of Union 1707, in 170...
. The charter was put into effect on May 14, 1692 and included the former Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem, Massachusetts and Boston, Massachusetts....
 and Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony

Plymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 until 1691. The first settlement was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by John Smith of Jamestown....
, as well as the Province of Maine
Province of Maine

The Province of Maine refers to several England colonies of that name that existed in the 17th century along the northeast coast of North America, at times roughly encompassing portions of the present-day U.S....
, Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard

Martha's Vineyard is an island off the United States east coast, to the south of Cape Cod, both forming a part of the Outer Lands region. It is often called just "the Vineyard"....
, Nantucket
Nantucket, Massachusetts

Nantucket is an island 30 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck Island and Muskeget, it constitutes the New England town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the coterminous Nantucket County, which are consolidated....
, and what is now Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada....
. (Nova Scotia was separated in 1696, and became the Province of Nova Scotia in 1713.) The Province of New Hampshire
Province of New Hampshire

The Province of New Hampshire was a British overseas territories organized on October 7, 1691, during the period of British colonization of the Americas....
 gained its independence from Massachusetts Bay at the time of the creation of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

The name Massachusetts comes from the Massachusett
Massachusett

The Massachusett were a tribe of Native Americans in the United States who lived in areas surrounding Massachusetts Bay in what is now the state of Massachusetts....
, an Algonquian
Algonquian peoples

The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American Indigenous peoples of the Americas groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds, and hundreds of thousands who still identify with various Algonquian peoples....
 tribe. The name has been translated as "at the great hill," "at the place of large hills," or "at the range of hills," with reference to the Blue Hills
Blue Hills Reservation

Blue Hills Reservation is a state park located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation , its territory extends into the communities of Milton, Massachusetts, Quincy, Massachusetts, Braintree, Massachusetts, Canton, Massachusetts, Randolph, Massachusetts, and Dedham, Massachusetts in the south...
, or in particular, Great Blue Hill
Great Blue Hill

Great Blue Hill is a hill of 635 feet located within the Blue Hills Reservation in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, 10 miles southwest of Boston, Massachusetts....
.

From 1691, the history of the Province of Massachusetts Bay is usually considered to be the same as that of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
. The 1691 "" was amended by King George I
George I of Great Britain

George I was List of British Monarchs#House of Hanover and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of Electorate of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....
's "Explanatory Charter
Explanatory charter

Explanatory CharterKing George I systemized the Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts Bay on August 26, 1725. The charter modified the existing William and Mary Charter, which prolonged original rights approved to the colony of the Province of Massachusetts Bay....
" which expanded on the original rights granted to the colony.

The royal government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay existed until approximately October 7, 1774 when the General Court of Massachusetts established the Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Massachusetts Provincial Congress

The Massachusetts Provincial Congress was a provisional government created in the Province of Massachusetts Bay early in the American Revolution....
 in response to the tightening control of the crown, and as a preceding act to the revolt of the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
.

The Constitution
Massachusetts Constitution

The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the fundamental governing document of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It was drafted by John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Bowdoin during the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention between September 1 and October 30, 1779....
 or Form of Government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 was agreed upon in Cambridge in October 1779 and adopted by the delegates nine months later in June 1780 to go into effect "the last Wednesday of October next".

See also

  • American Revolution
    American Revolution

    The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
  • History of Massachusetts
    History of Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts was created in the late 1700s. Prior to English colonization of the area, it was inhabited by various indigenous tribes....
    • Historical outline of Massachusetts
      Historical outline of Massachusetts

      The following is an outline of the history of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts with hyperlinks to relevant Wikipedia articles....
  • List of colonial governors of Massachusetts
    List of colonial governors of Massachusetts

    This is a list of the colonial governors of Massachusetts up to 1776, including governors of the Plymouth Colony, governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, presidents of the Dominion of New England, and royal governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay....
    , for a complete list of Governors from colonial times.


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