Massachusetts State House

Cambridge Jail in East Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1941 (www.mfh.org,1). That’s when her quest began. She was shocked when she saw that mentally ill patients were being put into the jails, and even more appalled at the conditions they were put in. She first appealed to the local courts. Although the charges were denied, the conditions were mildly improved (www.mfh.org, 2). Not satisfied with the outcome of the local courts, she traveled the state of Massachusetts for two years, documenting the

In 1795 Paul Revere and Samuel Adams placed in the cornerstone of the Massachusetts Statehouse a time capsule. It was a small box, an inch and a half deep and about half the size of a piece of printer paper. Two-hundred and twenty years pass- neighborhoods are built, colleges, schools, churches; the Civil War, and its draft riots, begin and end. Flight is conquered; the automatic rifle is invented- the typewriter, telegraph, television, and the computer soon follow. Awash with war, the twentieth

It was the late 1700’s, the New England Colonies were being ruled by the cynical, power-hungry tyrant known as King George III of Great Britain. Although King George did not initialize the colonization of America, he had a drastic effect on its history and what makes modern America what it is today. ¬¬ In order for the Boston Massacre to even occur, there had to be some sort of negative stimulus surrounding the Colonists that could and would trigger such an event. Some of this negative stimulus

Change in Massachusetts Politics      Massachusetts has always been known for its politics. From the days of John Hancock and John Adams to the Kennedy Compound and failed Dukakis presidential campaign, the Bay State is, has been, and always will be a hotbed of political activism. But that does not mean that Massachusetts has a vibrant two party system.      If anything can be said about Massachusetts, it is that the state and its voters are certainly lop-sided towards one party. Massachusetts

United States holds two houses. The Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives consists of four hundred and thirty five members and the number of representatives are based on each state’s population. The state of Massachusetts has nine districts and one representative for each of the state’s nine districts. The representative in control over my district is Stephen Lynch and over his career as a Massachusetts representative he plays a very important part of the House of Representatives

Markey J. Edward served on the 114th congress as a Massachusetts senator. He is apart of the Democratic Party and served the United States House of Representatives for 37 years. He is now currently the senator and has been since 2013. Some committees that he sits on include Commerce, Science and Transportation along with Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard. Three other committees he is also apart of are Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works and Small Business/Entrepreneurship

class expires every 4 and third class every 6. Which allows the senate to be a continuous body. Also in section 8, clause 7, states that congress has the power “establish Post Offices and post Roads”. Personally I’ve always assumed that roads and post offices were determined by the states but now that I’m thinking about it, I can see where leaving this responsibility to the states may cause

Major Challenges of the Constitution and the Founding Class Many factors all played a role as to why the Constitution in our modern days today are affecting we the people. Anywhere from the balance of power of that to the role of the federal/state government. We see the flaws and how much of an impact it has brought upon us as Americans because of what our Founding Fathers had done for us in the past. Our government’s main activity was to control the foreign policy and conclude treaties. But, of

can also be considered as an American vintage. Thus, tourists who are not aware about the people buried in the cemetery might just settle taking pictures with the fascinating gravestones as their background. The Old South Meeting House The Old South Meeting House is definitely one of the few assets wherein one can feel a different perspective. Entering the meetinghouse expose visitors to the highly refurbished establishment that features a written history and old artifacts of the famous tea

plan was supported by many of the large states such as Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Massachusetts. This plan was required to have a very strong congress of two houses based on proportional representation. One of the houses would be elected by the people and the other would be elected by the first one. The executive was chosen by congress and congress is able to cancel any law created by any of the states. This was all based on population or wealth of each state. This compromise was accepted, and the