Plymouth Colony | |||||||||||
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1620–1686 1689–1691 | |||||||||||
Status | Colony of England | ||||||||||
Capital | Plymouth 41°50′42″N 70°44′19″W / 41.8450°N 70.7387°W | ||||||||||
Common languages | English | ||||||||||
Religion | Puritanism | ||||||||||
Government | Self-governing colony | ||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||
• 1620–1621 | John Carver (first) | ||||||||||
• 1689–1692 | Thomas Hinckley (last) | ||||||||||
Legislature | General Court | ||||||||||
Historical era | British colonization of the Americas Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640) | ||||||||||
1620 | |||||||||||
1621 | |||||||||||
1636–1638 | |||||||||||
• New England Confederation formed | 1643 | ||||||||||
1675–1676 | |||||||||||
• Disestablished, reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay | 1686 1689–1691 | ||||||||||
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Plymouth Colony was an English colony in North America. It existed from 1620 to 1691. At its height, Plymouth Colony occupied most of the southeastern part of the modern state of Massachusetts.