* The Tax Law requires the interest rate on sales tax assessments or late payments to be set at 14.5% for this quarter.
More than a week after the vessel first set out, the winds were finally favorable. The ship weighed anchor and sailed for New England. Governor John Winthrop and approximately 300 English Puritans were on board. They were leaving their homes in England to settle in a fledgling colony â Massachusetts Bay â on the other side of the Atlantic.
Hoping to secure these advantages, Puritans in England bought control of the company and selected 41-year-old John Winthrop to replace Endecott as governor. The son of a well-respected lawyer, John Winthrop had attended Trinity College Cambridge for two years.