history known as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. What started as an amount of accusations from a group of girls‚ turned into a series of disastrous events. These girls accused several local woman of the small town of Salem located in the state of Massachusetts of playing with the devil‚ casting spells and being witches. This series of events was considered a new phenomenon in America‚ but across Europe it was not since massive witch hunts have been going on for more than three hundred years. The motivations
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The Puritan Society Imagine having to leave your home because you cannot practice your religion freely. This was reality for the Puritans in England before they took a long journey to an unknown land in Salem‚ Massachusetts. There‚ they struggled to settle into a strict‚ religious lifestyle. They followed their Bible and went to Church. They also had harsh punishments for treason as well as other forms of crime. The Puritans were people with a strong belief system that led to irrational
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He constructed the Massachusetts new Constitution that was the first to be ratified by the people of the state and feature all three branches of power and the executives two/thirds veto power. His role as a diplomat in France helped develope the Treaty of Paris and ended up stopping
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seeking a haven after being discriminated in the Old World and because of their shared religious beliefs this allowed them to develop communities harmoniously‚ while having the same end goal‚ being a model for the world. The first governor of Massachusetts Bay colony‚ John Winthrop‚ wrote A Model of Christian Charity and said‚ “knit together in this work as one man… community as members of the same body… a city upon a hill… the eyes of all people are upon us” (Doc.
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who were originally from England‚ but who had moved to Holland to avoid religious persecution. Once they sailed to America and settled Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ they set up governments based on their religious ideals‚ including stability‚ order‚ and equality among men. The Puritans who migrated in 1629 and established Massachusetts Bay were intent on building a better society in America based on their reformed version of the Anglican Church. They did not want to abandon the Church
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The Revolutionary War began April 19‚ 1775 and lasted until September 3‚ 1783. During this war there were smaller battles fought throughout the colonies between the Colonial and British forces for the 13 Colonies’ liberation from Great Britain. These battles helped to steer the course of the war and eventually end the war in our favor. One of these pivotal battles was the Battle of Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill during the Siege of Boston. The battle took place in Charlestown a neighborhood of Boston
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of the changes America underwent before the Revolution. However‚ A New England Town by Professor Kenneth Lockridge attempts to describe how the colonies in America developed by following the progress of a typical Puritan colonial town‚ Dedham‚ Massachusetts‚ from its inception in 1636 through its first one hundred years. It is Lockridge’s belief that colonial history can be better learned through thoroughly examining one specific town instead of shallowly studying many. Because the development of
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give you a real “trick or treat”. A little history lesson for those who are unaware. This award-winning play is basically focused on the case of Lizzie Borden‚ who was tried but ultimately cleared of the murder of her father and stepmother in Massachusetts‚ 1892. Since the case never actually reached a verdict‚ people to this day are still knocked-for-six as to
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Life in early Massachusetts was much different than what it is today. Salem was split into two different parts‚ Salem Town and Salem Village (Hoffer n.pag.). Salem Town was considered more clean kept and less violence whereas Salem village was known for it’s crime and sickness. Due to disputed property and political office‚ two families‚ the Putnams and the Porters‚ caused the most problem throughout the town. Puritans were considered very strict and abnormal compared to the present (Plouffe and
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was written in 1630 by the Puritan leader John Winthrop while the first group of Puritan emigrants was still onboard their ship‚ the Arbella‚ waiting to land and settle in what would become New England. By 1629 a lot of puritan had migrated to Massachusetts which is also referred as “Great Migration .The “City upon a Hill” was Puritan pridefulness. They thought they were perfect‚ a city on a hill that everyone else would admire and want to emulate. The “Great Migration” ended around 1639 to 1642 and
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