Massachusetts

ago” it shows Kennedy’s knowledge of Massachusetts. The Arbela was a ship that arrived in Massachusetts and when it came to this land the first inhabitants would do their best in creating a very functional and excelling city. Kennedy uses this allusion to express, with his mainly Massachusetts resident audience, that he has the same desire of being an above average nation that others look up to. Another point is, because the audience is mainly from Massachusetts they would understand his…

This rebellion did just that; it convinced people that a change was very well needed. Shays’ Rebellion led to many important changes in the government. Daniel Shays and his very important and well known rebellion which included famers from West Massachusetts had many impact on the government. Many people such as government officials even knew a change was needed, especially for a new and better…

The Boston Massacre; A Bloody Night March 5th, 1770. It’s a cold, wintery night and the British Redcoats have set up camp right in the middle of Boston, Massachusetts to enforce more tax laws. A group of angry, drunken colonists gather around all sides of the British troops for a not so peaceful protest. Clunk. One of the colonists had thrown a wooden club and knocked a British soldier off his feet and onto the ground. “Fire!” Captain Preston Thomas exclaimed. What was the Boston Massacre…

1600’s the Puritans pulled away from their church and traveled to the “New World”. They were called Puritans because they were pure. They migrated all over the place: Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, etc. These places were known as New England Colonies in the late 1600’s. Massachusetts is a main place that comes to mind when one thinks of the Puritans due to the Salem Witch Trials. Puritans were hard workers; nevertheless, the preachers were illiterate and poor. The…

expanded they needed more verity to fill the needs, expectations and requirements for the men coming on to the new land. In later colonies, there seemed to be a more influx of diversity such as nationalism, racial, religious and political. While Massachusetts and Virginia were formed to be royal colonies, so even overseas the King of England was still approving and involved in the colonies directly. New Jersey, PA,…

Three years after that in 1630 Massachusetts is founded by Jhon Withrop and England starts sending ships over to help colonize it. Which led to over one thousand new colonists arriving in Massachusetts from England. Four years after that their governor Jhon Withrop loses power. He lost his power by a bunch of delegates from all over Massachusetts voted him off for producing a royal charter. John Withrop was a Puritan lawyer leading the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Later in 1635 Roger Williams…

John Adams once said, “...the Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775...before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington.” Adams meant that almost everyone knew there was going to be a war before the first shot was fired. I couldn’t agree more with him because there is tons of information to back his quote up. The Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable acts are all instances of events that caused the American Revolution. The Boston…

John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts, on a family farm. As the eldest son, his father and mother taught him mathematics and languages. Around the age of ten, in 1778, John Quincy traveled to many European countries such as Paris, The Netherlands, and England. He received proper schooling, at Passy Academy, where he studied dance, music, artistry, and fencing. A few years afterward, he received training in the diplomatic corps; and in 1781, he accompanied…

multiple things happened. One, it showed the Americans how weak the articles of confederation were and this helped with the showing congress that they needed a stronger government which lead to the creation of the constitution. Two, each county in Massachusetts had representation to help deal with the debt problem and this was a huge help as by literally each county having this representation it helped deal with the debt problem a bit. Now Shays rebellion even though in the end was stopped it…

Pervear v. Massachusetts was a case over the issue of prisoners' rights brought to the United States Supreme Court in 1866. The Court was asked to rule on fines imposed upon a liquor dealer by the state. Pervear was licensed by the United States under the current internal revenue code to keep and sell liquor. He was fined and sentenced to three months of hard labor for failing to have a state license for his liquor store. He pleaded that he had a license from the United States under the internal…