Fearing the loss of their rights‚ colonists in Massachusetts gathered and prepared to revolt against the British government. To keep control over the rebels‚ the Continental Congress assembled in September 1774 to figure out the best way to assert their position without resorting to war. Even at this point
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(God knows before a person is born whether or not they are “chosen” to go to heaven or hell- cannot go to heaven by good works‚ must be “elect” ) These followers of Calvin (Puritans) made up the immigrants who settled the New England colonies of Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ and NH. III. The Church of England . Also known as the Anglican church‚ founded in 1534 By King Henry VIII‚ remained similar to Catholic Church in most ways. Puritans
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On July 11‚ 1767‚ in Braintree‚ Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams was born. His father‚ the second president of US‚ and his mother‚ the first lady of the White House. He traveled to France with his father when he was 10. At the age of 14‚ he received training in the diplomatic divisions and went to school . Adams traveled with the lawyer‚ Francis Dana‚ to Russia‚ working as his secretary and translator. He went to school in Europe and became really fluent in French‚ Dutch‚ and German. Then he returned
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~ leaves Catholic church‚ 1534 ~ publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion‚ 1536 ~ doctrine of election ~ wasn’t an innovator‚ but explained biblical ideas II. Puritans & the New World A. Plymouth & Massachusetts Bay 1. Separatists vs. Puritans ~ separatists believed the only way to have a true doctrine was to completely
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of hearings as well as prosecutions of people‚ mostly young women‚ who were said to exhibit unusual behavior in Salem‚ Massachusetts. This behavior was classified as “witchcraft” and those who practiced it were claimed to be possessed by the devil. The idea began when a number of young girls started to take part in fortune-telling games‚ but the Puritan society on Massachusetts saw these abnormal events to be a sin‚ and decided that those who took part in it would be punished for doing so. Even though
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most of the effect of the Rebellion took place at Massachusetts. The current war that had just occurred between the English and the colonists left the colonists starting their own nation and economy. Being a new and one-of-a-kind country‚ not only were the colonists confused but they were low on cash in their budget. Everything they did in the past revolved around the British and they wanted to change that. The war caused many farmers in Massachusetts to borrow money so that they could pay their taxes
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Health Care Reform: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts and How They Might Apply to the ACA Introduction For the past several years‚ Massachusetts (MA) has led the country in implementing health reform policies aimed at increasing individual‚ employer and government accountability in the provision of health insurance coverage. The purpose of this report is to analyze the outcomes of MA reform to date‚ determine what lessons to learn from the MA experience‚ and determine whether these lessons
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Each region had its own type of houses‚ crops‚ churches‚ and values but the things keeping them together was their political ties to mother England and the English origins of the majority of the people. The area that contained the colonies Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Rhode Island‚ and New Hampshire‚ New England‚ had created its own sort of social distinctiveness. The English Puritans‚ who left England in search of religious freedom and economic success‚ settled this region in 1620 when they
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and Concord were the first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19‚ 1775‚ in Middlesex county‚ province of Massachusetts Bay. The British Army’s lieutenant colonel Francis Smith ordered about 700 British army regulars to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. Dr. joseph Warren alerted the colonist of what the British were going to try to do and so the Patriots had enough time to move most
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“...having been reared by a kind aunt in Pennsylvania‚ whose usefulness with the sick was continually sought‚ I early conceived a liking for‚ and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others." In 1852 she moved to Charlestown‚ Massachusetts‚ where she worked as a nurse for the next eight years. The first formal school for nursing only opened in 1873‚ therefore she was able to work as a nurse without any formal training. Whilst working as a nurse‚ many of the doctors she assisted
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