History of Massachusetts

and the westward migration in the 1800s for gold, development, and prosperity, the country would not be the country it is today. The British colonization of the 1600s and the migration of the 1800s towards the west affected the course of American history and its development. Even though the English were the last people to join in the race for colonies and settlements, they were the first to build permanent settlements…

Despite what some people believe, the Salem Witch Trials are an important part of American history because innocent people lost their lives, it could have been prevented, and something similar could happen again if people aren't careful. The trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. It wasn’t until 3 years after the trials had ended, that the Massachusetts court declared that what had happened was unlawful and took steps to make it better. These trials have been a popular…

setting that had an effect on the characters. These events, along with the religious stance of the Puritans, greatly shaped the setting of the Puritan era. Setting in terms of time and place, history, and culture enhances the theme of good versus evil in “Young Goodman Brown”. The society of Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials had strongly followed religion; which instilled beliefs about good vs evil among villagers. In Young Goodman Brown,…

influences too. Emily Dickinson was the most innovative poet of her era. Dickinson’s significance on history was that in her time period there weren’t a lot of poets, and her poems stood out to the so called poets of her time. Also Emily Dickinson didn’t believe in God. Dickinson had a brother and a sister. Emily Dickinson was born on the 10th of December 1830. She was born in the town of Amherst Massachusetts. She had very deep New England roots from her family. Emily was closer to her father…

A few colonies and cities communities have experienced some secretive and unfathomable pasts which can't be overlooked for long. Comparative sort of history has been seen in Jamestown and Plymouth. Jamestown in Virginia was the principal lasting English settlement and Plymouth in Massachusetts being the second, with these two states English settlement in North America was begun. Jamestown was started when in 1607, the London Company was created by a group of merchants. They sent themselves onto…

Also the first Quakers in Massachusetts are arrested and banished and with Oliver Cromwell’s death taking place, the door for English supremacy struggles immensely. As the 1660’s roll around the now called “American Puritans” hopes for reform are thrown out of the window once Catholic Charles the Second is crowned the king of England. While Quakers are still being arrested in Massachusetts and some of them being executed Charles the Second has put them to…

in the establishment of the Plymouth colony in 1620 and Massachusetts Bay in 1630. The commercialism of New England was a result of their “special zeal to honor their God and to seek rewards that offered reassurance that God approved of their efforts.” It was this belief in a ‘godly’ purpose that shaped their political authority. This can be seen in the most famous sermon given by John Winthrop, a gentry lawyer and governor of Massachusetts Bay, A Modell of Christian Charity. Winthrop stressed…

characterized as a sudden outburst of laughing or crying. In the Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trials, the leaders were ridding people of the “inferior race”. Many people say that history repeats itself in many different ways. The Salem Witch Trials began in the Spring of 1692, when young girls from Salem, Massachusetts claimed to be possessed by the devil (Miller, 1124). The trials were very widespread in England and began to emerge in Europe in the 14th century (Miller, 1124). People…

Government and the actions the Puritans did to the Native Americans. Native Americans had to face the unknown, which lead them to harm. Before the new world was discovered by the Puritans, Native Americans were living there. That also includes the Massachusetts Bay colony. It is estimated that the native Americans lived there since 2400 BC. They…

Paul Revere was born on January 1, 1735 in Boston Massachusetts. He was the son of Apollos De Rivoire, a French Huguenot who had come to Boston at the age of thirteen to apprentice in the shop of a silversmith. Once Revoir had established his own business, he changed his name. Paul was the third of twelve children, learning silversmithing from his father, he married sarah Orne on August 17, 1757. He eventually became the father of eight children. As early as 1765 Revere began to…