The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" id="mwVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">colony of Massachusetts</a> issues the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_money" id="mwVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paper money">paper money</a> in the Americas.