* 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.
Important People: 1  John Endecott-First Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 2  Was governor for 16 years. 3  Endecott was a staunch Puritan who persecuted those who held opposing views.4  John Winthrop-Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony for 12 years.mportant People: 1  John Endecott-First Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 2  Was governor for 16 years. 3  Endecott was a staunch Puritan who persecuted those who held opposing views.