Boston Strangler

that just 50 years ago people lived in a racially divided America. So how did we end the racial divide in our school system? Especially in the white dominated cities such as Boston. I decided to research on how schools integrated in Boston. I came across a topic called Boston Busing crisis. I had no knowledge of what the Boston Busing crisis was, so I decided to google it and found out that busing was a part of the United States’ federal judge Wendell…

Farming was the largest economic activity, fishing was important along the coastline, while trading was a very important in large cities like Boston. Most manufactured things were brought in from England until the Revolution, when Americans defied the British and opened their ports to other countries. Another flourishing industry was Shipbuilding. A large communication system in Massachusetts…

British Grand Mistakes The roars coming from the angry colonists, the gunshots fired by the colonists, and the smoke coming from from the gun fire. These horrific scenes took place in an event we call the Boston Massacre. This horrific event was a result of the many grand mistakes caused by the British. The British did not let the colonies have any word on the taxation laws being placed on the colonies. Little did the British know that this would eventually lead to a revolution that would lead…

In 1630, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established by John Winthrop and the Puritan religion created a conservative culture in New England. The Puritans left their homes for America to exercise religion correctly in their eyes; therefore, it is apparent that religion undeniably impacted their lifestyles and survival. Furthermore, their circadian demeanor was formed by religion and the church. Religion molded the Massachusetts Bay Colony and influenced their societal structure: law, family…

Squanto’s Guidance of the Pilgrims 1. Demonstrating his crucial role in the lasting success of an English colony in Massachusetts, Squanto further assisted the Pilgrims by leading Myles Standish to fertile farming ground in what is present-day Quincy. 2. After English colonists established posts in Squantum and Wollaston, these neighborhoods evolved and grew to become the neighborhoods that one can easily observe today. 3. While the very existence of a thriving community in Quincy can be…

It’s interesting how any two parents, having their child's best interests in mind, will often disagree on exactly the cause to pursue and how to do this. Throughout the 17th century, in and around the newly formed Massachusetts Bay Colony, both John Eliot and Roger Williams performed many civic duties but, like parents, they dedicated themselves to different causes and used different means to pursuing them. In addition, both Eliot and Williams believed civic duty, being the duties or obligations…

The Everett Massacre has been called the bloodiest labor confrontation in the Northwest’s history. The was an armed confrontation between wobblies and local authorities in Everett, Washington. The date that all of this took place on was November 5, 1916. I believe that the main reason that this happened was because local authorities would not let wobblies land for a speech. There were many things that led up to or caused the Everett Massacre. 300 wobblies boarded two boats called the called…

colonists, so he became a very influential figure in the Sons of Liberty. Also, Revere was a participant in the Boston Tea Party. The colonists felt that they were being taxed without representation on various products, including tea. History.com, on their Boston Tea Party article, it states, “on the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston Harbor and threw 342 chests…

commercial success. But an inadequate supply of money put its future development in jeopardy. England themselves were in short supply and could not send gold and silver coins to the colonies. Massachusetts took matters into their own hands at this point. Boston authorities gave permission to two settlers, John Hull and Robert Sanderson to set up a mint in the capital in 1652. The two were soon striking silver coinage, shillings, sixpences, and threepences. Nearly all of the new coins bore the…

There was a lot of conflict in Boston in 1777. The Boston Massacre had just happened, a British officer in charge Captain Thomas Preston was arrested for manslaughter, the British officials enforced the Townshend Act, and three people were shot and two died, including Crispus Attucks. Many frightened residents of Boston had to pick sides, loyalists, patriots, or just to remain neutral. It is impossible to know which side the American colonists favored, however, I favor the Patriots because I…