Which colony was established in 1628 after Puritans sought a charter by presenting a joint stock venture to Charles I?

• A. Plymouth
• B. Massachusetts Bay Colony
• C. Rhode Island
• D. Connecticut

Answer: (B)

Puritans used a joint-stock company to pool resources and secure royal permission to settle in New England. They formed the Massachusetts Bay Company and presented a request to King Charles I for a charter, which gave them legal rights to establish and govern a new colony. When the charter was granted, they founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony around Boston in the late 1620s and early 1630s. This setup—a religiously motivated migration funded as a joint-stock venture and authorized by the crown—is what ties the event to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Plymouth was settled earlier by Separatists without this kind of corporate charter, Rhode Island was founded later by exiles seeking religious liberty, and Connecticut followed with its own Puritan settlements in the 1630s.