Enlightenment · North America · Politics

1691

Massachusetts New Charter

1691

William III issued a new royal charter for Massachusetts that merged Plymouth into the Bay Colony, required religious toleration for Protestants, and made the governor a royal appointee rather than an elected official. Puritan theocracy in New England had, quietly, ended. The colony was now a province of the Crown.

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Before and after in North America

Before: 1688: Germantown Petition Against Slavery
After: March 1692: Salem Witch Trials Begin

Before and after in Politics

Before: 1690: Job Charnock Founds Calcutta
After: 1692: Diego de Vargas Reconquers New Mexico

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Massachusetts Charter