In 1692 nineteen men and women and two dogs were convicted and hanged for witchcraft in a small village in eastern Massachusetts. By the standards of our own time‚ if not of that‚ it was a minor event‚ a spasm of judicial violence that was concluded within a matter of months. The bodies were buried in shallow graves or not at all‚ as a further indication that the convicted had not only forfeited participation in the community of man in this life‚ but in the community of saints in the next. Just how
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the Seven Years’ War‚ the British government felt that since the colonies benefited that they should contribute to the expenses. As Francis Bernard describes the American colonies acted strongly against this matter. This all took place in Boston Massachusetts. During the summer of 1765‚ because of the Stamp Act‚ there were many protests in the colonies. These protests involved everyone from civic leaders to street mobs. In many cities and towns the slogan became “no taxation without representation”
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The Reverend Solomon Stoddard The Stoddard family traces back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 1600’s. Anthony Stoddard was born around 1614 in London‚ England. His wife‚ Mary Downing was born around 1615 in London‚ England. They were married in Boston in 1639. Mary was the daughter of The Honoral Emanuel Downing of Salem‚ Massachusetts and the Sister of Lord George Downing‚ for whom Downing Street in London is named. She was also the niece of Governor John Winthrop. Anthony and Mary’s
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CHAPTER 3 COLONIES TAKE ROOT 1587-1752 Section 1: The First English Settlements I. England Seeks Colonies -Like most of Europe in the age of exploration‚ England was a monarchy. However‚ in England‚ the power of the king or queen was limited by law and by a lawmaking body called Parliament. -Ever since the 1200s‚ English law had limited the king’s power. The king could set new taxes only with Parliament’s consent. Still‚ the king’s powers were much greater than those of
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Paul Revere is mostly known for his Midnight Ride at Lexington and Concord‚ but he did many more contributions to the American Revolution. Revere was born January 1‚ 1735 in Boston Massachusetts. His father‚ Apollos Rivoire‚ was a French immigrant who came to America at the age of 13. On the other hand‚ his mother ‚Deborah Hichborn‚ was a Boston native and the daughter of an artisan family. According to www.theamericanrevolution.org ‚ Revere had a good education. He was taught the art of gold and
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the Eastern Coast in the year 1607‚ in what is today known as Virginia and a little more than a decade later in the year 1620 the pilgrims settled at Plymouth in what is today known as Massachusetts. England gained control of the 13 colonies after winning the war against France. These 13 colonies were Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ Maryland‚ Delaware‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina and Georgia. The first settlers of the American
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University of Massachusetts - Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Research Report 07: The Genetic Structure of an Historical Population: a Study of Marriage and Fertility in Old Deerfield‚ massachusetts 12-2-2008 Anthropology Research Reports series Chapter 1‚ Background of the Study Alan C. Swedlund Prescott College Swedlund‚ Alan C.‚ "Chapter 1‚ Background of the Study" (2008). Research Report 07: The Genetic Structure of an Historical Population: a Study of Marriage and Fertility in Old Deerfield
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• English wanted to expand direct political control into the Americas • Replaced government positions with English Military officials. • Over-threw colonists’ established laws • New England‚ especially Massachusetts‚ resisted. • England punished them‚ declared them a royal colony. • England established the “Dominion of New England” • James II as well as others practiced Catholicism and allowed it to be worshiped. • Glorious Revolution‚ William and Mary (daughter of James II) rebelled‚ established
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Throughout 1607 to 1750 colonies in Massachusetts and Virginia were being settled and growing. These two states grew up very different from each other in aspects such as their economic development and it’s affect on their politics. In 1607‚ Jamestown in Virginia was the first permanent English settlement. It was in the Chesapeake Bay area. The people abroad the ships had ideas in their heads of digging and mining to find ways of obtaining gold‚ silver‚ and copper. It was their incentive to
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“America’s first rebel”... Roger Williams. This essay will be about the life of Roger Williams‚ and how he founded the providence which became Rhode Island‚ and came to what we call today‚ America. His strong religious beliefs may had made him unpopular‚ but that didn’t stop him from concurring the world with his strong beliefs. Some even say that he is the father of modernized liberty‚ due to being best known for his religious freedom. Roger Williams born in 1603 in London‚ England‚ nobody
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