The people from Britain settle in the New World were the Puritans. They founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. John Winthrop became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the best choice for the Puritans to appoint him as a governor because of his educational and vocational background. Trade, agriculture, livestock, fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding were some of the occupations that would keep the colony survive.
The anti-imperialists opposed the expansion because they believed imperialism violated the credo of republicanism, especially the need for "consent of the governed"
