the creator of basketball. He created it in 1891 to condition young athletes in the winter. The “hoop” was a peach basket and the ball was a soccer styled ball. There were many rules for the new game. He created it in a YMCA gym in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. His team of eighteen was divided into two teams of nine and then the peach baskets were nailed above their heads. Every time one would score a basket‚ the game was stopped for the janitor to get up on a ladder and retrieve the ball. Later on
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The Salem Witch Trials begin in 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts. It was a series of chazak using men and women practicing witchcraft with led to a lot of conflict among the people in the Village of Salem. Many people were scared because they did not want to be accused of practicing witchcraft. This event led to many Family Feud’s and religious Fanatics and people constantly living in fear. Although there are many women who are on trial for practicing witchcraft are also men who were accused of witchcraft
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION and THE FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION 1. What was the first permanent colony founded in America? When was it founded? - Jamestown - 1607 2. What was the first representative assembly in America? - The House of Burgess 3. Which foreign nations controlled which geographic areas of North America in 1760? - France controlled the interior of North America (as well as Canada) - Spain controlled Florida and the west - England controlled the 13 colonies that occupied
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meritorious deeds for the commercial prosperity and development of Common. Let’s look beyond Boston Common‚ he designed Massachusetts State prison in 1803‚ University Hall in Harvard(during 1813 and 1814)‚ and Massachusetts General Hospital in west point(in 1818). A lot of buildings‚ indeed. But when it comes to his most astonishing public opus‚ I have to mention Massachusetts State House (built in 1798)—a typical example of Federal style. Not only because it is the first State house in the whole
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John reverend hale is a character from the famous book of Arthur miller the crucible which is based on Salem witch hunts and trials in Massachusetts during 1950’s. John reverend hale is a witch craft expert who was called by a priest reverend parries to help her daughter betty parries as she was assumed to be in the devil hands after she was caught dancing and practicing witchcraft in the woods with reverend parries’s nephew Abigail Williams by reverend parries . Since john reverend hale
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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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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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