When the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As one of the 13 original colonies and the birthplace of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts has cemented its role as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As one of the oldest states in the country, Massachusetts is filled with rich history. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in ...

Sudbury is exploring whether it should become the next Massachusetts town to remove signs commemorating the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and if there’s a better way to present the ...

The next page in a history textbook about the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pictured are settlers on the shore watching as cargo is being brought ashore from sailing vessels Foreground images are crates ...

As one of the 13 original colonies, Massachusetts is filled with rich history. Massachusetts officially became a state in 1788, but its foundations and revolutionary history extend back much further.

The oldest lighthouse in Massachusetts is over 300 years old. When the Massachusetts Bay Colony was first founded in 1630, the Puritans struggled from a scarcity of necessary survival goods which lead ...

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Smithsonian receives an entire 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony house. The four room, two story house was to be re-erected and furnished as an exhibit in the Natural History Building. The gift of ...