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.

Option: D. have a religious refuge of their own.

Explanation:

The inhabited who escaped From Britain to settle in New World were the Puritans. They founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Puritans established colony because they wanted to be free in holding their ideas as well as to escape from being persecuted for their religious beliefs. They came to America with ideas of creating a new society with the idea of freedom.

a social contract.

"a social contract is an agreement between citizens and their leader where the citizens give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection. the constitution of the united states is an example of a social contract."