More than one thousand colonists inhabited the massachusetts bay colony primarily to a expand the success of england's rule throughout the world. b share profits of their trading company with england. c convert native americans to christianity. d have a religious refuge of their own.

D have a religious refuge of their own.

They wanted a colony to themselves, and did not allow other settlers to practice any other religions except for the specific christian belief the colonists had. Later on, the Massachusetts Bay Colony merged with the Plymouth colony

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