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order and befriended other activists such as James Otis and Dr. Joseph Warren. He would soon be making a famous ride on April 18,1775. In 1774 and the Spring of 1775 Paul Revere was employed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts…

In 1692 the Salem Witch trials occurred, and thousands of women were killed for being accused of witchcraft, as described by Massachusetts Officials, “Goodwife Cory, Goodwife Nurse, Members of the Churches at the Village and at Salem, many others being by that time Accused” (MP, 76). As mentioned in the essay “The Godly Family of Colonial Massachusetts”, “…Puritan theory was given pointed expression by the poet Milton: ‘God’s universal law gave to man despotic power/Over his female in due…

In the “Scarlet Letter” novel, the plot takes place in an early New England colony, mid-17th century at Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was the best called name for the Puritan community of Boston in which is also part of the setting. The author Nathaniel Hawthorne mentions many settings in the novel, including the wilderness, custom-house, prison door and the town scaffold. The town scaffold is the place that sets off the novel’s beginning, middle, and end. It’s also…

The Puritans were Protestant Reformers that believed in the purification of the Church and the rejection of Roman Catholicism practices. They escaped England in search of religious freedom and migrated to the colonies of America, with the Massachusetts Bay Colony having the largest population. Puritans were highly religious and believed in predestination, the idea that God has already chosen those who would be suited for salvation. Guilty until proven innocent was used to temporarily settle…

There were Thirteen colonies that survived and came together to form the United States of America, those colonies are, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. There are other colonies such as Roanoke, where the settlements failed to survive and all the settlers died. In the case of Roanoke, no one knows what happened to it’s colonists. All the colonies had their own…

Depictions and reports of abuse by the British towards the colonists throughout the 13 colonies was used to further heighten the tensions throughout the land and act as a rallying point for further protests and resistance14. The desire for self-rule began to take hold and filter throughout all of the colonies. The crumbling relationship between the colonies and their British rulers led to further decent and ultimately to significant changes. In May of 1770, all British troops were forced out of…

seen the sun go down”(Miller I). This is important because it shows that she leads the group of girls that accuse innocent people leading them to die. These quotes more than less prove that Abigail williams is to blame for the deaths in Salem Massachusetts in…

During the 1600s, Puritans traveled across to the colonies, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, to get away from the Church of England and the Catholics. They wanted to purify the church and change it because they were Protestant and they had different beliefs/issues. Along with their change came many ideas and values. These ideas influenced colonies through their social, economical, political, and religious beliefs between the 1630s and the 1660s. Religion was a big deal during this time…

Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare is a not-for-profit health service company that strives to improve the quality of health and care for its members in states like Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine. Harvard Pilgrims main goal is to make a difference and create value through those differences in the community, in their company, in the marketplace and with their business partners, suppliers and vendors. In recent years, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare has made continual effort in overall…

Emily Dickinson was born on December/10th/1830 in Amherst Massachusetts. Dickinson’s family originated from New England. Dickinson’s grandfather Samuel Dickinson, was widely known as the inventor of Amherst College. Dickinson’s father worked and served in Amherst as a state legislator. Dickinson has 2 siblings named William Austin, Lavinia Norcross. Dickinson was a great student at Amherst Academy for 7 years and then went to Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for 1 year. The real reason on why…