The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a> is granted a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_charter" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal charter">Royal charter</a>.<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_4#cite_note-2" id="mwYw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwZA">[2]</span></a></sup>
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