Before it was known as just Massachusetts, which means "at the great hill" in Algonquin, the original colony settled by the Puritans was called "Massachusetts" what?

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled in 1629 near near modern-day Boston. Founded by the investors of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the settlers were mainly Puritans, escaping persecution by the Anglican church. It quickly became the largest colony in New England and was the first chartered colony with a board of governors that did not reside in England.

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