No respect from the South Shore because it used to be its own colony (Plymouth)! In 1686, it was amalgamated with the rest of New England into “Dominion of New England in America” (1686-1689, later including New York and East and West New Jersey). A couple of years after that chimera was broken up (in the wake of the Glorious Revolution in England), it was absorbed into Massachusetts Bay colony (1691). And so it remains.
“The Old Colony” refers to Plymouth, Bristol and Barnstable counties (and does not include Martha’s Vineyard (Dukes County) or Nantucket).
No respect from the South Shore because it used to be its own colony (Plymouth)! In 1686, it was amalgamated with the rest of New England into “Dominion of New England in America” (1686-1689, later including New York and East and West New Jersey). A couple of years after that chimera was broken up (in the wake of the Glorious Revolution in England), it was absorbed into Massachusetts Bay colony (1691). And so it remains.
“The Old Colony” refers to Plymouth, Bristol and Barnstable counties (and does not include Martha’s Vineyard (Dukes County) or Nantucket).