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==History==

==History==

[[File:Col-mass.jpg|thumb|300px|Boston was a thriving Atlantic port by 1700]]  

[[File:Col-mass.jpg|thumb|300px|Harvard College was founded in 1638 making Boston the intellectual center of New England]]  

Massachusetts was first settled by the [[Pilgrims]] who emigrated from [[England]] on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' in 1620 and founded a settlement at [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]], and soon afterward by the much larger group the [[Puritans]], who founded the "Massachusetts Bay Colony".  Both groups came to America seeking religious freedom.   

Massachusetts was first settled by the [[Pilgrims]] who emigrated from [[England]] on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' in 1620 and founded a settlement at [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]], and soon afterward by the much larger group the [[Puritans]], who founded the "Massachusetts Bay Colony".  Both groups came to America seeking religious freedom.