Archive for July 9th, 2008

Puritan New England on the Edge: 1637

Posted on July 9, 2008. Filed under: Puritans | Tags: Charles I, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Pequot War, Puritans, Thirty Years' War, William Laud |

In part 2 of my series on the Pequot War, we look at the condition of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the settlements in Connecticut and New Haven on the eve of war.
The MBC was founded in 1630 by Puritans led by John Winthrop. They had left England because persecution of Puritans was being stepped [...]