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=//Massachusets//=

//Year founded, Founder, Why Ect.//

 * //1630// //founded//
 * //John Winthorp founder//
 * //John Winthrop lead the puratains to Massachusetes from England for religous freedom//
 * //John Winthrop was a wealthy english puratain before founding and becoming the govenor of Massachustes he was a laywer//
 * Winthrop also founded Boston
 * MA began with 700 colinists and in 10 years grew to about 20000
 * 6th state to ratify the constitutation

//About the Puratains//

 * //The puratains beleived in God and the bible they also beleived in hard work//
 * //Education was very important to the puratains//
 * //The Puratains lived in two story house//

Realionship with indians

 * //The Puratains seized land without paying then made them follow strict puratain laws then in 1637 war broke out//
 * //The Wampangog was defated//

//Farming and geographical charicteristics//

 * MA had farming good because of the soil
 * //lots of bays and lakes//
 * //glaicers helped form MA\////elavation rises up to 1000 feet in the eastern land//
 * //the colony began with about 700 colinists and in only 10 years it grew to 20,000//

Trading

 * The puratains were very sucessful in trade
 * They traded things they made or caught like baskets, weavings, fish, meat, ect.
 * After they made their stuff it was transported to a local market