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Why was the Massachusetts Bay Company formed?

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In 1628, a group of Puritans formed the New England Company. The King of England gave them a charter to make a settlement along the Massachusetts Bay. The first group of Puritan settlers was led by John Endecott. They began the settlement Salem,Massachusetts.
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