<P> These were privately funded proprietary ventures, and the purpose of each was to claim land for England, trade, and return a profit . The Virginia Company of London successfully established the Jamestown Colony in Virginia in 1607 . The region was named "New England" by Captain John Smith in his account of two voyages there, published as A Description of New England . </P> <P> The name "New England" was officially sanctioned on November 3, 1620 when the charter of the Virginia Company of Plymouth was replaced by a royal charter for the Plymouth Council for New England, a joint stock company established to colonize and govern the region . In December 1620, the permanent settlement of Plymouth Colony was established by the Pilgrims, English Puritan separatists who arrived on the Mayflower . They held a feast of gratitude which became part of the American tradition of Thanksgiving . Plymouth Colony had a small population and size, and it was absorbed into Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691 . </P> <P> The Massachusetts Bay Colony was established in 1628 with its major city of Boston established in 1630 . Puritans began to immigrate from England in large numbers during this period, and they established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 with 400 settlers . They sought to reform the Church of England by creating a new, pure church in the New World . By 1640, 20,000 had arrived, although many died soon after arrival . </P> <P> The Puritans created a deeply religious, socially tight - knit, and politically innovative culture that still influences the modern United States . They fled England and attempted to create a "nation of saints" or a "City upon a Hill" in America, a community designed to be an example for all of Europe . </P>

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