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In what way was the Massachusetts Bay Company different from other charters?

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It allowed a trading company to become a representative democracy. It granted unprecedented rights to 'self rule' for a colony.
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The Massachusetts Bay Company was deeply religious.

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The Massachusetts Bay Company was a joint-stock trading company created with the purpose of colonizing an area of New England, on the northeast coast of North America. Founded in 1628, the Company established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. By the end of the 1630s, almost 20,000 people had moved to the new colony.

The Massachusetts Bay Company was unique in that it was deeply religious, mostly comprised of Puritans. Wishing to establish a model Christian community in the new colony, all the leaders of the Company were zealous Puritans, and they devoted themselves to create what was essentially a theocratic Puritan state on the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Only church members had the right to vote, and all citizens and government leaders were screened by religious leaders. They had to prove they were pious and had a good knowledge of Puritan teachings.

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