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1626Thomas Morton drives Captain Wollaston from the colony of Mount Wollaston; founds new colony of Merrymount.
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1626 - 1628Merrymount Colony, under Thomas Morton, becomes the most lucrative and fastest-growing settlement in New England.
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1626 - 1630Merrymount Colony thrives as a trade center. .
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1627Thomas Morton has an 80-foot Maypole erected at Merrymount; conflict with Plymouth Colony increases. .
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1630Merrymount is burned by the puritans; Thomas Morton is arrested and deported. .
