As we prepare to celebrate the founding of this nation, let’s keep this in mind: Religious liberty is fundamental to American ...

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This bizarre history made it to the states when Christmas was outright banned by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659. An act ...

Early settlers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony were not interested in religious freedom. They created a theocracy—a society led and bound by the rules of one religious sect.

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The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the Puritans in 1630, and the two colonies merged to become the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691. Plymouth history: The oldest town in MA is older ...

The Massachusetts Bay authorities quickly stamped down on the publication, banning its circulation in the colony. They feared it would undermine their authority and encourage opposition to their ...

Puritans, the religious fanatics of the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony, were part of a political movement that flopped. Centuries later, the Trump administration is institutionalizing ...

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by a group of Puritan refugees from England led by John Winthrop, and Massachusetts officially became a state in 1788. However, the oldest town in ...