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Oct 29, 2009 · The Puritans were members of a religious reform movement that left the Church of England and brought their practices to the New World beginning in the 1600s.
Dec 18, 2009 · Plymouth’s influence in New England declined accordingly, until it was absorbed by Massachusetts in 1691. Plymouth Plantation. Today, the original colony of Plymouth is a living museum, a ...
Feb 1, 2019 · Boylston sprang into action, inoculating his son and his enslaved workers against the disease. Then, he began inoculating other Bostonians. Of the 242 people he inoculated, only six died—one in ...
Nov 9, 2009 · The Tea Act of 1773 was an act of Great Britain's Parliament to reduce the amount of tea held by the financially insecure British East India Company. It became a catalyst for the Boston Tea Party ...
Nov 9, 2009 · After the Pequot War (1636-1637), the New England colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut and New Haven realized the need to form a military alliance to defend against their common ...
Apr 2, 2020 · Although a devout patriot, John Adams agreed to risk his family’s livelihood and defend the British soldiers and their commander in a Boston courtroom. At stake was not just the fate of nine men ...
Nov 9, 2009 · The Puritans left England in 1630 to reform the Anglican church, establishing their colony in the city of Boston to serve as a model for Protestantism. John Winthrop was the first governor of this ...
