Massachusetts Bay
Atlantic New England
Massachusetts Bay is a large inlet of the Atlantic Ocean along the eastern coast of Massachusetts, bounded by Cape Ann to the north and Cape Cod to the south.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony, established by Puritan settlers in 1630, took its name from this body of water and eventually became the core of the state.
The fishing boats returned to Massachusetts Bay before the storm hit.
- Boston HarborNew England port waterway
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- King Philip's WarColonial-indigenous New England conflict
- salt marshCoastal wetland with halophytes
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
New England · North Shore · coastline · rocky coastline · tidal flats · fisheries · estuary · Puritans · Wampanoag · Mayflower Compact · maritime heritage · Cape Cod · Boston Tea Party · shipping lanes · Salem · Pilgrims · fishing villages · cod fishing
- New England WatersConnecticut River, Charles River, Mystic River, Thames River, Green River
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- colonial historycolonization, colonies, pilgrims, Jamestown, Plymouth
- Early ModernRenaissance, 1500s, 1600s, Reformation, sixteenth century
- Colonial NamesDutch East Indies, French Indochina, New Amsterdam, New France, Belgian Congo
- New England historyBoston, Plymouth Colony, Puritans, Salem witch trials, Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts BayRhode Island
Smallest American state
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Massachusetts BayVirginia
Mid-Atlantic American state
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