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designed by those of their religion, and was structured as a “covenant” which grew into a civil government based from that original church government. This compact allowed the group equal say in rules and law, and chose a governor and his assistants by majority rule. The next example of majority rule also was designed from a standpoint of a church organization. Thomas Hooker led congregations from Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut and there organized a self-governing colony. They formed what was called

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that took place on December 16, 1773 in Boston Harbor in Boston, Massachusetts. The Sons of Liberty led by Samuel Adams, dressed as Mohawk Indians destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent from the East India Company by throwing chests full of tea into the Boston Harbor. George Hewe’s, an eyewitness of the event writes in his journal, “In about three hours from the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found

Which is why they had come up with the Quartering Act, assemblies made the colonials pay for supplies and let the British soldiers stay in their housed for free British Parliament, and King George III, viewed these actions as aggressive to the British effort to defend imperial territories. Another major

levies” and keep proper accounts, which exposed him to lawsuits. After the suits Adams “started being an active and influential part in local politics”. When England passed the Sugar Act in 1764, Adams started being an important figure against British rule to the colonies. After the Sugar Act was passed and then the Stamp Act, Adams felt that this was start of the colonies being taxed without representation (no taxation without representation). After these incidents Adams, started becoming more committed

for North America. This made it possible to gather money to colonize. Encomienda System- Nicolás de Ovando created this system with a main goal of being allowed to give Indians to colonists only if they christianized them. This system gave the government permission to force the natives to work for the colonists, after the colonists would come into the natives towns and conquer it for themselves. West African Slave Trade- Global event for more than 300 years. Slaves came from west africa, and put

In January 1693, the Superior Court of Judicature, the new supreme court of Massachusetts Bay, would make its first task to deal with the backlog of witchcraft cases. With this came the pardon of those who had been condemned but not executed during the trials. All defendants had their charges dismissed or were acquitted except for three who confessed and received pardons from Governor Phips. In one of the last cases taken up by the court, on May 9, 1693 a grand jury refused to indict Tituba. Reverend

was the culmination of many years of bad feeling between the British government and her American colonies. The controversy between the two always seemed to hinge on the taxes, which Great Britain required for the upkeep of the American colonies. Starting in 1765, the Stamp Act was intended by Parliament to provide the funds necessary to keep peace between the American settlers and the Native American population. The Stamp Act was loathed by the American colonists and later repealed by parliament

universal health insurance mandate in the Massachusetts labor market. Using a difference-in-differences (DID) model, this study focuses on the co-evolution of insurance coverage and labor markets. One found that under the recent legislation, workers from firms of varying sizes demonstrate different patterns with regards to obtaining insurance coverage. While employer-sponsored health insurance is designed to be the primary source of coverage for Massachusetts residents under reform, two legal loopholes

freedom from Great Britain. This great war was fought in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and many other colonies. John Adams was vitally important during the Revolutionary War. He was at the forefront of America’s realization that she needed to be independent and he worked to accomplish this as a congressman, a great thinker and communicator, and a diplomat. John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He died July 4, 1826. He had two brothers, Peter and Elihu. John

America was not a fairy tale. It is common knowledge that war of any type is a rather expensive endeavor. Naturally, at some point these costs of war must be paid regardless of the state of the economy. In addition, it was also clear that the Federal Government of the United States was not allowed to levy taxes per the Articles of Confederation, as such; this burden fell on the states. Shays Rebellion lead by Daniel Shays was an uprising to close the courts and prevent property seizure of unpaid debts