These acts included: The Boston Port Act which closed their ports until the citizens repaid all their debts towards the wasted tea‚ The Massachusetts Government Act which put the whole colony under British control‚ The Administration of Justice Act allowed Britain to try against Massachusetts officials if he felt the need to‚ The Quartering Act which is similar to what the Third Amendment prevents‚ and the Quebec Act which expanded the British territory up into
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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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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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Educational opportunities for males‚ Advantages for economic & social self-development DIFFERENCES AMONG THE 13 COLONIES: New England: (Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire) Puritan-dominated in many areas‚ less religiously tolerant‚ more restrictions on civic participation‚ more industry‚ less available farmland ➢ Massachusetts – The Massachusetts Bay Colony [MBC] (1629) – Puritans & John Winthrop’s “City upon a hill” ▪ Plymouth Colony (1620) – Later incorporated into MBC
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So Jamestown and Plymouth are two colonies that were established by Europeans around the 1600‚ but when established‚ they both had different reasons for creating their colonies. When reading these two stories‚ you can already tell that these two colonies have a tremendous difference‚ but also you can identify the similarities of these two colonies. Jamestown a colony in Virginia‚ which was a humongous disaster in my opinion. Around 300 settlers migrated to Jamestown and arrived on May 14‚ 1607 and
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In the late 1600’s Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ the Salem Witch Trials was conceivably thought of as terrifying or even unjustified. Left and right‚ convictions of witchcraft were put on other villagers in Salem. Abigail and other girls‚ Tituba‚ Proctor‚ and others are to be blamed for the deaths and events in Salem‚ but Reverend Parris seems to have the bigger faults. Parris’s childish and avaricious characteristics caused the deaths of many innocent people. Reverend Parris enacted an essential role in
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Analysis: The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson On the night of August‚ 26‚ 1765‚ a violent mob broke into Thomas Hutchinson’s house and sacked the entire place‚ stealing around 900lbs in cash‚ and breaking/stealing a total of around 2200lbs sterling. The wide spread feeling in America was that Thomas Hutchinson had betrayed his beloved country for selfish reasons. It was hard to imagine a man like Hutchinson to betray his country with a background like his own. His family generally helped to found New
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Interrupted Tea Party December 6 ‚1773 A group of colonist from Massachusetts dressed up as Indians dumped over 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. It was a protest for the Tea Act of 1773 a act that placed a monopoly on Tea. The protest was organized by Samuel Adams with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty the group that he also organized. The Coercive Acts closed Boston Harbor and established formal British military rule in Massachusetts. Twas the Night After Christmas
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church and practice their beliefs without opposition. They formed colonies where religion and religious beliefs were major principals in the society. One such colony was Massachusetts Bay Colony which was founded by John Winthrop who was a wealthy English puritan lawyer. Winthrop also became the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony and served for over a decade. Winthrop set out to create a holy society that would be a model for mankind and he had a big role to play in some of the most prominent
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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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