The Fall of the Massachusetts Bay Charter | Historical Context

from Historical Context · host Jeremy LaKosh

This episode of Historical Context examines the catastrophic fall of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter between 1684 and 1686, revealing how the English Crown used ruthless legal maneuvers to annihilate over half a century of Puritan self-rule and install a tyrannical, un-elected royal government.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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