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practice of slavery. Eventually, slavery expanded to the north, to colonial America. Like Boston and Roxbury, Springfield Massachusetts became to be known as the most Western settled frontier in the early 1600’s and a city of many firsts. Such firsts include the exploration of the Western front by the likes of William Pynchon to expand the economic resources of the Massachusetts Bay Colony plantation. The city of Springfield and its establishment was indeed a city on the hill, where three rivers met

Connecticut The majority of Connecticut’s state-lands were distributed before the American Revolution by town proprietors. Those distributed after the Revolution continued to be distributed in the same way and were recorded at the town level. Subsequent conveyances are also recorded at the town level. Surveys both before and after the Revolution were done using what is called the New England town system. In general, the New England town system works like this. Various types of land uses were laid

Winthrop in 1629 led the Puritans on a verge to America to create a “City on a Hill” . The Massachusetts Bay Company relocated their headquarters to America and named where they settled New England. The Massachusetts Bay Company also funds the Puritans journey to America. The colony is known to be the second to establish in America. A year after settling 1630, John Winthrop establishes a port named Massachusetts Bay for their new city, Boston. The city of Boston will become the first major city in America

sometimes are overworked and put on mandatory overtime schedules. This also leads to nurses sometimes demanding more pay for their time and contracts being looked over and renewed for more pay. This adds to the health care cost system as well. In western Massachusetts we tend to spend more per patient than the national average in Medicare costs. This leads to the health care system costs as well but if consumer demand is there, we must supply and meet that demand and find a way to be efficient and effective

Following the American Revolution, the American nation and states were faced with enormous amounts of debt. To resolve the economic hardships the new nation had been experiencing, leaders turned to taxation as a source of income to resolve debts. Those who lived in the backcountry, which was isolated from society, were often shocked by the newly imposed taxes and most times resented them. Their resentment in relation to the taxes sparked protests and led to large scale rebellions to express their

The Purpose of the American Colonies “The North American Colonies were established in a quest for religious freedom.” The Americas in the Western Hemisphere were discovered by the Europeans, first by the Spain (discounting the Vikings who landed five hundred years earlier) in 1492. England would follow five years later, sending John Cabot, the first European since Leif Ericson to step foot on the North American continent, westward in 1497. Colonization began some time after that, and beginning

“So many people think that the revolutionary started at Lexington and Concord. But George Washington wouldn’t have been on the national stage without the events that happened in Western Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War”- Tom Headley. The quote represents how important the struggle between the years of 1754 and 1763 was. It set up the entire revolutionary war. The French and Indian War was fought by the British and their colonies against the French and Indians. The war took place in North

tea cause the American to become infuriated and create a group called the sons of liberty which dumped thousands of dollars of tea into the great blue sea the cause of this led to the intolerable acts Massachusetts in 1774. This law enforced by British Parliament consisted of taking away Massachusetts historical rights, self – government, causing an outbreak throughout the colonies. This was the last straw causing the first battle to begin at Lexington and Concord in April 1775. The war caused the

Salem, Massachusetts, known for its history of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. The accusation of witchcraft lead to the Salem witch trials; A series of trials which examined the people whom were accused of witchcraft. Men and women of the Massachusetts Bay colony were being accused of witchcraft, multiple factors played a role in this event. This paper will discuss factors that lead people to being accused of being witches; Including, the behaviors and social situations of the accused, political

thirteen colonies. The thirteen colonies consists of Maryland, New Hampshire, Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. All of them were separated into three categories. These categories are known as Southern, New England, and Middle colonies. The New England colonies consists of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. In New England the types of settlers were basically English, Puritan