why was massachusetts founded
Confidence votes 48. Massachusetts was founded by the puritans* for the sake of religious freedom. puritans*- A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England.assachusetts was founded to protect the puritans from religious  persecution. The puritan's left England to settle in America where  they could practice their religion with â¦ out England's interference.