Map depicting the colonial claims related to the province
Capital
Boston
Common languages
English, French, Massachusett, Mi'kmaq
Religion
Congregationalism
Government
Self-governing colony (1691–1774) Crown colony (1774–1775) Provisional government (1775–1780)
Monarch
• 1691–1694
William III & Mary II
• 1760–1780
George III
Governor
• 1692–1694
Sir William Phips
• 1774–1775
Thomas Gage
President of the Congress
• 1774–1775
John Hancock
• 1775
Joseph Warren
• 1775–1780
James Warren
Legislature
Great and General Court (1691–1774) Massachusetts Provincial Congress (1774–1780)
Historical era
British colonization of the Americas American Revolution
• Massachusetts Charter issued
October 7, 1691
• Massachusetts Government Act
May 20, 1774
• Provincial Congress established
October 4, 1774
• Massachusetts Declaration of Independence
May 1, 1776
• Massachusetts Constitution adopted
October 25, 1780
Currency
Massachusetts pound, Spanish dollar, US Dollar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Province of Maine
Acadia
Massachusetts
Nova Scotia
Today part of
Canada United States
The Province of Massachusetts Bay[1] was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on October 7, 1691, by William III and Mary II, the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was based in the merging of several earlier British colonies in New England. The charter took effect on May 14, 1692, and included the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Plymouth Colony, the Province of Maine, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick; the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the direct successor. Maine has been a separate state since 1820, and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are now Canadian provinces, having been part of the colony only until 1697.
The name Massachusetts comes from the Massachusett Indians, an Algonquian tribe. It 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 and to Great Blue Hill in particular.
^"The Charter of Massachusetts Bay". The Avalon Project. 1691. Wee doe by these presents Vnite Erect and Incorporate the same into one reall Province by the Name of Our Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England….
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