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In which month and year was John Winthrop elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

  • April 1629

  • June 1629

  • October 1629

  • December 1629

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John Winthrop was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in October 1629. He led a group of colonists to the New World in April 1630, founding several communities on the shores of Massachusetts Bay and the Charles River.
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