At first, he thought it was either a Spanish coin or one made by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

起初，他以为这是西班牙的硬币或者是马萨诸塞湾殖民地。

During the following decade, the number of Puritans grew. Then in 1628 these Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

在接下来的10年中，清教徒队伍逐渐壮大起来，并于1628年建立了马萨诸塞湾殖民地。

October 9th, 1635, A controversial Puritan minister was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1635 年 10 月 9 日，一位备受争议的清教徒牧师被驱逐出马萨诸塞湾殖民地。

Initially, when it was first voted into theoretical existence by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the new institution was named “New College”，without a single building, teacher, or student.

最初，当马萨诸塞湾殖民地总法院投票使其在理论上成立时，这个新机构被称为 “新学院”，没有任何建筑、教师、学生。

Therefore, in 1636 the first and oldest institution of higher learning in the United States was established by vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 140 years earlier than the foundation of the United States.

所以，1636年马萨诸塞湾殖民地法院投票通过并建立了美国第一所也是最古老的一所高等教育机构，比美国建国早了140年。