The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by a group ... Now, at over 400 years old, this first New England settlement is a vivacious coastal town with lots to do and see.

According to the hotel's website, The Wayside Inn dates all the way back to 1661, when John How, one of the first settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was granted a license for a house of ...

This series reveals spectacular stories about Massachusetts' revolution against the British crown 250 years ago.

In the 1620s, the first English settlers in Massachusetts had been dissenters from the Church of England: Puritans. More than 150 years later, on the eve of revolution, the colony retained its ...

Over time, the Pilgrims who clung to Plymouth's rocky shores were absorbed into the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans believed that the Church of England ...