moved 1677 to Wethersfield‚ Connecticut. Joseph Rowlandson died 24 November 1678 after preaching a powerful fast-day jeremiad. Mary Rowlandson remarried 6 Aug 1679 to Captain Samuel Talcott. He died in 1691; she lived until 1710. Disgrace later came to the family: her son Joseph got his brother-in-law drunk and sold him into servitude in Virginia. While a prisoner‚ Mary Rowlandson travelled some 150 miles‚ from Lancaster to Menamaset then north to Northfield and across the Connecticut river to meet
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Betsey Johnson was born on August 10‚ 1942 in Wethersfield‚ Connecticut. As a young child‚ her hobbies included drawing and dancing. Her old dance costumes from endless recitals and competitions inspired her to develop clothes of her own. Much of her funky personality was contributed by the clothes she designed earlier in life. Growing up in Connecticut‚ Johnson is a designer that represents the Fashion Capital of New York City. "What I tried to do was a combination of dance and art‚" she recalls
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2005 AP U.S. History Study Kit -2- TABLE OF CONTENTS 2006 FRQ Study Guide ....................................................... 3 2006 DBQ Study Guide ........................................................ 4 Historical Periods To Memorize .............................................. 6 Key Dates to Memorize ......................................................... 8 Key Terms You Must Know ...................................................9 Colonial Period Study Guide ..............
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and Hannah was very odd. The first reason that Kit should not have saved Hannah is that it hurts her reputation. If she helped Hannah escape‚ she would be put on trial for witchcraft. This could result in her being brutally banished from Wethersfield‚ Connecticut. This would make her reputation worse than it already was. The second reason that Kit should not have saved Hannah is that she could have been executed. If she saved Hannah and was proven guilty of witchcraft‚ she could be tortured. It would
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in 1745. When he was almost 2 years of age‚ his family emigrated to America‚ disembarking at New Castle‚ DE. While the father traveled about the country‚ apparently selling tinware‚ the family lived in New London‚ other places in Connecticut‚ and in Trenton‚ NJ. In 1750 he settled in Princeton‚ NJ. There‚ he became a merchant and manufacturer of tin goods. His prosperity enabled William to attend local private schools and the College of New Jersey (later Princeton). He took a B.A. in 1763 and an
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The life of Henry Knox Early Life Henry Knox was born on July 25‚ 1750 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He was the seventh of ten children to William Knox and Mary Knox. In 1759 William Knox a migrant captain died at the age of fifty after suffering financial difficulties. Three years after the death of his father and at the age of twelve‚ Henry Knox was forced to leave the “Boston Latin Grammar school” and went to work to support his family. He was hired as a apprentice to a bookseller were
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Becoming a civil engineer may not be the toughest feat someone will overcome‚ but becoming one of the most known civil engineers would be a bit more harder. One of the most famous American civil engineer is Benjamin Wright. He was born in Wethersfield‚ Connecticut on October 10‚ 1770. His past though is not what you would think it would be for someone to have such a job. His father was a farmer. His mother stayed at home with him and his siblings. The only reason he got into the field of engineering
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The American fashion designer Betsey Johnson was born August 10th‚ 1942 in Wethersfield‚ Connecticut. Ever since birth Betsey has been a fashion designer in the making. As a child Betsey was enrolled in many dance classes‚ which is were she has gotten her inspiration and love for costumes. “I am basically about a ballerina torso and a full skirt‚” she told a reporter for the Soho News in 1982‚ “a dancing school dress-up craziness.” Betsey’s successful because she is truly one of a kind. A few
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about Kit Tyler going to colonial Connecticut on the ship called the Dolphin. During the voyage Kit meets Nat Eaton. He jumped out of the boat to save her thinking she couldn’t swim but she could which was awfully strange especially to Good Wife Cruff. This is not good for kit because they believe that if you can swim you’re a witch. She also meets John Holbrook. He was the only one who didn’t think that it was strange that she could swim. Kit reaches Wethersfield after 9 days from Saybrook. Kit
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frequently (if at all) in the document. The document was mainly about democracy‚ and how they came there‚ and whose name they gathered in (God‚ Britain‚ France‚ Ireland). Document 3: The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut A. January 1639‚ signed by residents of Windsor‚ Hartford‚ Wethersfield. “We have gathered together the word of God that requires us to maintain the peace and union” “To remain and preserve the liberty and purity of the gospel of our Lord‚ Jesus‚ which we now profess
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