736+Massachusetts+Bay+Colony,+New+England

Participants: Aryaan Meer, Miguel Oviedo, Amal Samaritdinov, Alec Douglas



This is the map of massachusetts. This map shoes the colony of massachusetts.


 * [[image:http://www.wightmanfamily.com/images/firstchurch.jpg]] || This is a old picture of a church in massachusets bay colony. ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/First_Congr_Church_of_Ceredo_WV.jpg width="395" height="446"]] || This is a picture of present day massachusetts. ||

This is the massachusetts school back then. They went to small schools instead of big schools like ours now in the 21 century.

This was harvard back in the 1620s. People in the 1600s had over 400 volumes in there local library.

This is the harvard school books that they used back in the 1600s. 1.Religion was important in Massachusetts because the Puritans believed that they were the chosen people and they have to live every moment fearing him or praying for him. Also the Puritans settled and created the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The church played a role in special occasions such as thanksgiving. The Puritans were the only religion in Massachusetts and the government leaders were chosen due to the religious views. religion had an important role in life. In order to read the bible they made it a law that every kid has to learn how to read. To do this they used horns book to teach them how to read. On Sunday everyone had to attend church and worship god during the morning and afternoon services. It was known as the "city on the hill" an example of a perfect religious city.

2. The higher rank went to Harvard. Harvard was a huge college back in the day in massachusets bay colony. We now also know harvard as a huge college for smart people.

3. Slaves made big buisness for the colonists because they worked for them. They did jobs that colonists should do. They planted, and did many things that they were forced to.