who didn’t want to pray to the church of England‚ so in 1628‚ a group of Puritans came to Massachusetts for freedom of religion. Everyone that lived in Massachusetts had to pray in Puritan churches‚ and they didn’t want their people to have freedom of religion either. Roger Williams lived with the Puritans. He told them that everyone should have the right to choose their religion‚ and then he left Massachusetts and traveled through the forests‚ and met Native Americans who helped him‚ and sold him
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received $2.3 billion in National Institutes Health (NIH) research grant money. Hospitals in Massachusetts accumulated large amounts of debt in the 1970’s and the 1980’s as they refurbished older facilities‚ expanded services‚ and purchased expensive new technologies. Describe the health care environment in Massachusetts. Two years after enacting health-care reform to rein in costs‚ Massachusetts strengthened "certificate of need laws" that prevent hospitals and other providers from competing
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either named after people‚ Indian names or‚ places in England. The original states/colonies are‚ Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ Georgia‚ North Carolina‚ Maryland‚ South Carolina‚ Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ Virginia‚ New Hampshire and New Jersey. The three states that are named specifically after Indian names are Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Puritans named Massachusetts‚ after a local Indian tribe whose name means "a large hill place." Rhode Island was named after
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the Puritans lived by. The Salem Witch Trials took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 and claimed the lives of many innocent people. It led to the hangings of almost twenty‚ leaving more than one hundred in prison. A group of young girls in Salem Village accused several local women of witchcraft while being claimed of being possessed by the devil. This is causing a wave of hysteria to spread throughout colonial Massachusetts. Starting in January of 1692‚ Betty Parris and Abigail Williams
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New England/ America and the Mid- Atlantic New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of six states: Massachusetts‚ Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Vermont‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. New England is bordered by New York State to the west‚ Long Island to the south‚ the Atlantic Ocean and the Canadian province of New Brunswick to the east‚ and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. The earliest known inhabitants of New England were American Indians who spoke
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cause to join‚ role in the war‚ and his life after the war show how incredible he really was. Samuel Adams was an important part of the American Revolution. According to the text‚ “Samuel Adams Biography‚” confirms that he was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts on September 27‚ 1722. He grew up in a family that was very religious. His father was interested in politics. When he was fourteen years old he went to Harvard. He graduated in 1740‚ but he couldn’t make up his mind on what he wanted to do. His
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Maybe we don’t brag enough. We live in an incredibly innovative place: Massachusetts is a magnet for people who want to solve challenging problems‚ build substantial businesses‚ and conduct research at the edge of what’s known. But while other businesspeople boast about the wonderful weather and great golf in Tempe‚ Ariz.‚ or the stock options they got from a friend’s Silicon Valley start-up‚ sure to be worth millions‚ we never know quite what to say. Instead‚ we’re prone to jealousy‚ looking
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primarily the Wampanoag Indian tribe. There were massive casualties on each side‚ all of which were caused by fighting and disease. King Philip ’s War‚ had began out of almost forty years of tension between local native tribes of Massachusetts and puritan colonists of Massachusetts. Each side felt as if they had no choice but to remove the other or certain annihilation of their people would inevitably happen. Political leaders on both the Indian and Colonist side reinforce this stance of “It ’s them‚ or
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Intolerable Acts. They came to the resolution of sending a request for basic rights to the king‚ but they still told the colonists to prepare for conflict. When the king denied the liberty requested‚ many patriots acted against the Britons at Lexington and Concord. It was then that the first real shots were exchanged‚ and the first was named the “Shot heard ‘round the world.” However‚ there were still many colonists hoping for peace. In consequence‚ a second continental congress was held to draft and send the
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Starting 1765‚ the conflict arises from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government. The consequence of a small argument between British troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in 1775 kicked off the armed conflict. Rebels that happened the following summer were waging for their independence. France entered the revolution on the side of the colonists in 1778‚ it turns what had essentially been a civil war into an international
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