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Understanding the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Year

2015

Language

ENGLISH

Publication Information

Enslow Publishing, LLC

Summary

Early American colonists were optimistic adventurers who helped build a new settlement. But they also experimented with creating a new society. The Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first political document written in the United States, a first attempt at self-government. Discover who wrote this document and why, and how it influenced the creation of the United States government.

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