Massachusetts Bay Colony (Salem as the Focus)
- Settled in 1626
- Located in the Northeast part of modern day Massachusetts
- Originally set up to be a fishing community
- Mother country: England
- Their Founder is Roger Conant
- John Winthrop
- Wealthy English Puritan lawyer
- Served as governor for 12 of the 1st 20 years of existence
- He was a very religious man even by Puritan standards
- His son, John, became a founder of Conneticut
- John Hathorne
- Born into a well-established Salem family on Aug 5, 1641
- Salem magistrate and was chosen by Gov Sir William Phips to be a judge in the Salem Witch Trials
- Known for treating the “witches” as they were guilty and that they needed to prove their innocence
- Known as the hanging judge
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