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    ship Arbella, future-New England governor John Winthrop declared that the new colony "...shall be as a city upon a hill” with “the eyes of all people upon us” (1630) . Evidently, Winthrop’s sermon held great significance for the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony as this sentiment – that is, to be an illuminated, moral example to the Old and New World – remained foundational to the development of their lives in the New World. Thus, it is clear that religion was tremendously significant in the

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    In the early 1600s, colonies such as Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maryland, were built on various religious principles. In addition to the colonist focus on gaining their independence and having the freedom to live as they chose; away for England 's ruling. However, religion was a major battle for those upcoming settlements. Many had their own perception of what they thought was the truth about the Bible and if anyone opposed their belief, harm was due to them. Around this time, many searched

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    English. Both Virginia and Massachusetts resulted from the Expansion of Europe because the English thought England was getting overcrowded. Virginia was founded in 1607 by the "Virginia Company of England" and another settlement formed in Plymouth in 1620, which later became Massachusetts, was founded by private business men. Despite the similarities of these two settlements, they had many key differences. The biggest difference between the settlements of Virginia and Massachusetts were the reason they

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    The book tells the story of how the American Revolution affects the city of Concord, Massachusetts. The American Revolution was a battle between the united thirteen colonies and Great Britain. The thirteen colonies fought for the independence under the control of Great Britain. The Treaty of Paris ended the war and the American colonies won their independence. There is no actual event that is proven to be the cause of the war, the war began as a disagreement of how Great Britain treated the colonies

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    In the 1630s to 1660s, the Puritans strong belief in god and its upholding shaped the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s development. The colony was fully based on the Puritan’s view which painted their religion and it effected the lifestyle. The Puritans were a highly religious group that believed god’s will was the absolute. As shown in document 3, it states how the church is always right and nothing should be done to offend it. This shows the grasp of the Puritans hold toward god because this was a statement

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    Massachusetts Bay Colony settled by a group of somewhat 1000 Puritans refugees from England. The Puritans came up with a theocratic government with the franchise which was limited to church members. Leader were trying to find a way to prevent independence of religious views and other religious views. By the mid 1640’s the population grew to approximately 20,000 people. In early years of the colony, there life was quite difficult. Lots of the colonists lived in simple structures such as dugouts

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    and successful colonies. Those that did were rewarded. Massachusetts Bay and Chesapeake colonies were both similar and different. The first colony to have been founded in the Chesapeake area was Virginia, the first three ships sent out were Discovery, Godspeed, and Susan Constant. The first attempt never quite flourished as it would with John Rolfe. Disease from water contamination caused most of the deaths. John Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay colony and did not exactly make the grand “City

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    According to the Massachusetts History Society the Massachusetts 54 was a soldier unit of all black men who volunteered. It was the very first military unit consisting of African American soldiers. According to History.com. In early February of 1863, the abolitionist Governor of Massachusetts, John A. Andrew and Fredrick Douglas issued the very first call for black soldiers. Massachusetts didn’t have any black settlement within it but was still lucky to have 1,000 blacks volunteer for the war.

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    the iconic colonies of Virginia and Massachusetts would be born. Although the dates of the foundations of the colonies are in proximity, the colonies of Virginia and Massachusetts have drastically different political and economic systems because of the reasoning behind their founding, their means of gaining financial stability, and their characteristics of their residents. BP1: Reasoning behind their founding To begin, the colonies of Virginia and Massachusetts were created for two very different

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    Boston Massachusetts was founded on September 7, 1630. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston. Massachusetts became a state on February 6, 1788.The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691) was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The lands of the settlement were located in central New England in what is now Massachusetts, with initial settlements

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