The first group that settled in Massachusetts was known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This was one of the original English settlements in Massachusetts that we see today. They settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England. The Pilgrims were followed by Puritans who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Salem and Boston.
The US victory in the Spanish American War resulted in the Us gaining possession and/or control of many new territories. These and other territorial gains resulted in the creation of a new far flung empire. ... In 1895 Hawaii became a US territory.
