he was the first governor of Massachusetts
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Leader of the England Puritans in the new world
Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop was an Englishman and a Puritan, which led him at the time to emigrate from England to the New World. He's best known as one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
he was the leader of the puritans and the puritans liked the church of England but wanted to pure it more
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John Winthrop was a leading figure in the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony. This was the first settlement in New England after the Plymouth Colony. He actually served as governor of the colony for 12 years.
John Winthrop was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony after it was founded.
With some 1800 Puritan settlers, John Winthrop lands at Salem, MA
The Puritans are the ones that began the settlement in the area that would become Boston. They purchased the land from an English settler named William Blaxton.