Analysis: The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson On the night of August‚ 26‚ 1765‚ a violent mob broke into Thomas Hutchinson’s house and sacked the entire place‚ stealing around 900lbs in cash‚ and breaking/stealing a total of around 2200lbs sterling. The wide spread feeling in America was that Thomas Hutchinson had betrayed his beloved country for selfish reasons. It was hard to imagine a man like Hutchinson to betray his country with a background like his own. His family generally helped to found New
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Interrupted Tea Party December 6 ‚1773 A group of colonist from Massachusetts dressed up as Indians dumped over 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. It was a protest for the Tea Act of 1773 a act that placed a monopoly on Tea. The protest was organized by Samuel Adams with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty the group that he also organized. The Coercive Acts closed Boston Harbor and established formal British military rule in Massachusetts. Twas the Night After Christmas
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church and practice their beliefs without opposition. They formed colonies where religion and religious beliefs were major principals in the society. One such colony was Massachusetts Bay Colony which was founded by John Winthrop who was a wealthy English puritan lawyer. Winthrop also became the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony and served for over a decade. Winthrop set out to create a holy society that would be a model for mankind and he had a big role to play in some of the most prominent
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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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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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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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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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