Civil Legal Aid: How Legal Aid Boosted the Commonwealth’s Economy in FY09 Summary Full report at www.mlac.org/research.html The work of legal aid programs funded by the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation brings in millions of federal dollars each year‚ wins millions more in financial support for low-income Massachusetts residents and saves the state the expense of costly social services. In FY09‚ the total boost to the Commonwealth’s economy amounted to an estimated $73.1 million. Revenue
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months and years‚ Hancock became increasingly involved in the movement for American independence. Massachusetts was at the center of this movement‚ and Boston‚ in particular‚ was dubbed the “Cradle of Liberty.” In 1774‚ John Hancock was elected president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress‚ which declared itself an autonomous government. In December of 1774‚ Hancock was chosen as a Massachusetts delegate to the Second Continental Congress which served as the governing body of the U.S. during
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colonies. Merchants and Samuel Adams protested the act. In 1773 the East India Company had ships to carry 500‚000 pounds of tea to Boston‚ New York‚ Philadelphia‚ and Charlestown. In Boston‚ colonists tried to send the ships away but the governor of Massachusetts who wanted to see the 300 chest unloaded. A group of people disguised as Mohawks boarded the ship while it was in the harbor and dumped the tea into the Boston harbor. The Mohawks were recognizable under their disguises as the Boston’s Sons of
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different motives and on different principles‚ they held many similarities. in addition to their contrasts. Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ was founded in 1607 by a group of men and young boys as a commercial project while the settlements of Plymouth and Massachusetts were to be refuges for persecuted Separatists and Puritans. The goals‚ environments‚ and backgrounds of the people who settled these areas affected ? the success and failures of their New World. Some compare with others‚ while others differ from
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shooting we hear about nightly in the community closest to the Bay State Medical Centers trauma center. Besides the exceptional trauma center Bay State Medical Center also houses the only neonatal and pediatric intensive care units in the Western Massachusetts are. This is a big asset to the community as well as there
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Chapter 3: European Exploration and Colonization Trade Route to Asia in the 1400s European Trade With Asia Traders - people who get wealth by buying items from a group of people at a low price and selling those things to other people at higher prices. European countries use trade to gain wealth The stronger countries in Europe in the 1400s and 1500s England‚ Spain‚ France and Portugal. Kings and queens wanted to gain wealth - to build larger armies and navies to dominate other countries
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magistrates (law enforcers) supported male superiority‚ but not physical abuse of women John Winthrop stated that a woman lives up to her role when she subjects to men and does her job; women always had to have children Government and Society in Massachusetts Arabella: the ship Winthrop headed to Massa
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Sophie DeGreen September 11‚ 2014 APUSH Ch. 2 Section Review What were the colonial goals of the Spanish‚ French‚ and Dutch? How successful were they in achieving those goals? One of Spain’s main goals was to make the Indians follow the Christian religion. This was unsuccessful because even though the Spaniards forced the Indians to be Christian for awhile‚ when the Indians Christian prayers didn’t work they switched back to their old ancestral gods. Then they rebelled and tore down all the Christian
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Frost was very different from the narrators he created. Long associated with New England and farming‚ Frost was actually born in California in 1874‚ where he lived until his father‚ a journalist‚ died when he was 11. His mother brought him to Massachusetts‚ where he graduated as co-valedictorian of his high school class. He attended Dartmouth and Harvard but didn’t complete a degree at either school. Three years after high school‚ he married his fellow high school valedictorian‚ Elinor White.
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This correspondence of over 1000 letters remains in the Massachusetts Historical Society. Those letters‚ “Remember the Ladies” letter included‚ are historical documents; they are eyewitnesses to all the matters and events of that time since they wrote each other about the political issues of the day. Moreover‚ due to these letters Abigail’s life is one of the most documented of the first
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