Massachusetts Bay Colony

English possession in North America between 1628 and 1684
AdministrativeArea colony Q1191350
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Massachusetts Bay Colony

Summary

Massachusetts Bay Colony is a colony[1]. It draws 905 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #18 of 146).[2]

Key Facts

  • Massachusetts Bay Colony is located in Thirteen Colonies[3].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony is in the country of Kingdom of England[4].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's continent is recorded as North America[5].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's instance of is recorded as colony[6].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's instance of is recorded as crown colony[7].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's capital is recorded as Salem[8].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's coat of arms image is recorded as MassBaySeal.jpg[9].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 242930853[10].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's GND ID is recorded as 121182-1[11].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's locator map image is recorded as Masscolony.png[12].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86111156[13].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's part of is recorded as New England Colonies[14].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's Commons category is recorded as Massachusetts Bay Company[15].
  • +1628-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony[16].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony was dissolved in +1684-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony was dissolved in +1691-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01c1rj[19].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's replaced by is recorded as Province of Massachusetts Bay[20].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Massachusetts-Bay-Colony[21].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Massachusetts-Bay-Company[22].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Massachusetts Bay Colony'}[23].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's different from is recorded as Province of Massachusetts Bay[24].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's Quora topic ID is recorded as Massachusetts-Bay-Colony[25].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i84425[26].
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987011289476305171[27].

Body

Geography

Massachusetts Bay Colony is in the country of Kingdom of England[4]. It is located in Thirteen Colonies[3]. Its continent is recorded as North America[5]. Its part of is recorded as New England Colonies[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include colony[6] and crown colony[7].

History and Context

+1628-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony[16].

Why It Matters

Massachusetts Bay Colony draws 905 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #18 of 146).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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