Massacuttes+Colony

The Massachusetts colony was found by English Puritans who was running from persecution and was one of the original thirteen states. The first settlement was made at Cape Cod Bay by the Pilgrims. From Plymouth, they sailed on the Mayflower to America on September 17, 1620. When they arrived, it was cold and they built some huts in the freezing snow. A lot of times, they found hills covered with trees and soil filled with stones. They named the colony New Plymouth. They made lots of log huts to live in and some houses had and overhang with a steeply pitched roof line with lean to additions. After a while, it was so cold that sicknesses started to take over and they didn't have very much food. This problem killed over 1/2 of their people in four months. In 1623, they were happy when they got some harvest. Some of the ways they got their money was by trading, exporting tobacco, wood products, fishing, and ship building. The Massachusetts colony was a settlement made by the Pilgrims and was a great colony made in this time era.