They had a government of their own.
If a country is governed by another country it becomes a colony.
John winthrop
The Colonial Charter
Jamestown didn't come to Virginia to settle to look for gold and not to stay as a colony while the Puritans were there to stay and to create a colony.
For sure by josh s h marchell
For sure by josh s h marchell
Winthrop was a Puritan and the leadership of Massachusetts was strictly Puritan, abiding by a religious code of ethics that became law.
Massachusets
Plymouth, Mass. 1620
Usually the church was built first in the colony then everything else was built.Peace
They settled in the Massachusetts Bay area. The first colony was on the east coast of North America.
The colony only allowed the Puritan religion
A proprietary colony is a colony governed by a supporter of england. He gets a land grant for being a good boy. A self governed colony was governed by the people. The king has nothing to do with it.
The Puritans originated in the first U.S colonies. The town of Salem, Massachusetts was strictly a Puritan colony.
Connecticut was a puritan colony
Massachusetts is a commonwealth. they had town meetings and theocacy.