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	History of Massachusetts
		In 1820 Maine was separated from Massachusetts and admitted to the Union as a separate state under the terms of the Missouri Compromise.
		In the same year the Massachusetts constitution was considerably liberalized by the adoption of amendments that abolished all property qualifications for voting, provided for the incorporation of cities, and removed religious tests for officeholders.
		Massachusetts soldiers were the first to die for the Union cause when the 6th Massachusetts Regiment was fired on by a secessionist mob in Baltimore.
	www.usgennet.org /family/bliss/rehoboth/mahistory.htm (2549 words)

	CIS: Historical Sketch
		Massachusetts stoutly resisted all attempts at regulation from abroad, and consequently lost its charter in 1684, becoming a part of the Dominion of New England under the administration of Sir Edmund Andros.
		Massachusetts was again profiting by two of her major assets, skilled labor and proximity to major markets.
		Massachusetts continues to have an abundance of assets in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /cis/cismaf/mf2.htm (3567 words)

	Massachusetts Bay
		To this the Massachusetts Bay Company agreed, and John Winthrop, a gentleman of wealth and education, one of the strongest and most admirable characters in the pioneer history of America, was chosen governor.
		The people of Massachusetts were proud of their theocratic government; they had labored and sacrified much to obtain it, and probably it was the very best for them at the time.
		Massachusetts grew and prospered greatly, and by the time of the Restoration in England, in 1660, the colony had become a powerful commonwealth.
	www.usahistory.info /New-England/Massachusetts.html (3109 words)

	Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake History of Massachusetts
		Massachusetts was the sixth state of the original thirteen to enter the Union (1788).
		In addition, Massachusetts was affected by some of the more severe Canadian shocks plus the earthquake of 1929 that centered on Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
		Eastern Massachusetts was shaken moderately on February 17, 1737, and June 24, 1741.
	neic.usgs.gov /neis/states/massachusetts/massachusetts_history.html (713 words)

	NESL Research Guide: Mass. Legislative History
		The House and the Senate are collectively known as the Massachusetts General Court, http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/legis/legis.htm The annual session of the General Court for each year begins on the first Wednesday of January and dissolves when the legislative business is completed for the year and the legislators vote to "prorogue" (dissolve).
		Lawmaking in Massachusetts, by Commonwealth of Massachusetts, http://www.state.ma.us/legis/lawmkng.htm,
		Massachusetts legislative floor debates are likewise not transcribed and therefore not found in House and Senate Journals, unlike at the federal level where debates are in the Congressional Record.
	www.nesl.edu /research/rsguides/web2.htm (1104 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Gay and lesbian couples make history by marrying in Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		"The documents being issued all across Massachusetts may say 'marriage license' at the top but they are really death certificates for the institution of marriage," said James Dobson, founder of the conservative Christian lobbying group Focus on the Family.
		On Boston's Beacon Hill, the Goodridges were married by a Unitarian Universalist minister in the presence of ecstatic supporters and their 8-year-old daughter, Annie, who served as ring-bearer and flower girl.
		Massachusetts lawmakers have taken initial steps toward letting voters decide in 2006 whether to ban same-sex marriages and instead define such partnerships as civil unions.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/05/17/marriage_license_applications_are_given_to_same_sex_couples_in_massachusetts (502 words)

	History (from Massachusetts) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It was one of the original 13 states and is one of the six New England states lying in the northeastern corner of the nation.
		Massachusetts is bounded on the north by Vermont and New Hampshire, on the east and southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Rhode Island and Connecticut, and on the west by New York.
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=79364 (937 words)

	A Tour of Massachusetts History and Trivia
		Massachusetts was also the scene of the notorious witch hunts
		Massachusetts ranked 13th in population as of the 1990 census with 6,029,051 residents.
		Over one hundred colleges, universities, and teaching hospitals are located in Massachusetts, including an extensive network of State Colleges.
	www.masshome.com /tour.html (1019 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: American History (1994): Chapter One: Massachussetts (7/12)
		A new wave of immigrants arrived on the shores of Massachusetts Bay in 1630 bearing a grant from King Charles I to establish a colony.
		The Massachusetts Bay Colony was to play a significant role in the development of the entire New England region, in part because Winthrop and his Puritan colleagues were able to bring their charter with them.
		Banished from Massachusetts Bay, he purchased land from the Narragansett Indians in what is now Providence, Rhode Island, in 1636.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/H/1994/ch1_p7.htm (691 words)

	Archives: Researching Your Family's History at the Massachusetts Archives
		Archives holdings date from the beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 and document the settlement of lands in Maine and Massachusetts, the arrival of immigrants, and the development of state government.
		Massachusetts officials started recording the names of immigrants who arrived by ship in 1848, a procedure which continued until 1891, when federal records-keeping programs superseded those of the state.
		Documenting the development of the Massachusetts Bay government and settlement of its lands between 1630 and 1800, the collection includes original records of the Governor, Council, the General Court, the Secretary, and the Treasurer.
	www.state.ma.us /sec/arc/arcgen/genidx.htm (3868 words)

	Introduction to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Symbols Almanac Geography State Maps People News Newspapers ...
		In 1773, history was made when Bostonians had their famous Tea Party, boarding a British tea ship, and tossing the tea into Boston Harbor in protest of unfair taxation.
		Though born in Vermont, Calvin Coolidge served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1919-1921 and went on to be elected President of the United States in 1924.
		The Massachusetts State Quarter is the first commemorative quarter of the new millennium and displays the only design to date determined by the children of the state.
	www.netstate.com /states/intro/ma_intro.htm (566 words)

	History of Colonial Massachusetts
		After the War of King Philip Massachusetts was feeling the heavy losses of her sons and treasure, the English government attempted to carry out a long-cherished desire of the king to resume the control of the colony.
		The people of Massachusetts resented his conduct, and, in compliance with the doctrine of Cromwell's motto, "resistance to tyrants is obedience to God," they were about to drive him out of the colony by force of arms, when the news came from England that James had been driven from the throne.
		The people of Massachusetts were not only dissatisfied with the new charter, but offended by it, for it greatly abridged their liberties.
	publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/historyco_ia.html (2480 words)

	History of Massachusetts Workers Compensation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Workers Compensation in Massachusetts is governed by MGL Chapter 152 and 452 C.M.R. Workers compensation is compulsory for all employers and employees in the private sector however, there are exceptions for seasonal or casual or part-time domestic servants, professional athletes, real estate brokers, door to door salesmen and some taxi drivers.
		There is a trade off in not having to prove your employer's negligence and for having workers compensation insurance compulsory in Massachusetts and that is you will not be entitled to sue your employer civilly in less, of course, he did not carry workers compensation insurance for your injury.
		There are instances however, when your employer or an employee's actions are so egregious as to be willful and in reckless disregard of your safety ------ ------- may be libel for double compensation causing you injury you may have a claim for double compensation.
	www.workerscompensationadvice.net /WorkersCompensationHistory.htm (497 words)

	History: Massachusetts 4-H
		The foundation of what was to become 4-H Club work in Massachusetts was laid during a six-month period in 1908.
		Two 4-H clubhouses on the University of Massachusetts campus are monuments to the vision of Mr.
		To channel all financial support for 4-H activities through a central organization, the Massachusetts 4-H Foundation was incorporated in 1955.
	www.mass4h.org /about/history.html (619 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Society and Culture: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bailey's 2nd Massachusetts Regiment - Nonprofit organization whose purpose is to interpret the lives of the soldiers and women of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War.
		History of Massachusetts - Overview of events which shaped the state, from early European exploration to post-World War II.
		Local Massachusetts History - Research history and genealogy by county, category, and era via extensive collection of history and genealogy links, to learn about our ancestors and the history they lived.
	dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/United_States/Massachusetts/Society_and_Culture/History (292 words)

	The Massachusetts General Hospital History of Neurosurgery Homepage
		The early history of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is reviewed with emphasis on the development of neurological surgery.
		A history of radiosurgery with emphasis on early introduction of particle beams at MGH
		The Massachusetts General Hospital: Early History and Neurosurgery to 1939 by Fred G. Barker II from Journal of Neurosurgery 79: 948-958, 1993.
	neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu /History (1164 words)

	Massachusetts makes history
		Also following the Massachusetts events with interest will be the thousands of gay couples who married in recent months with the encouragement of local officials in San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and a handful of other municipalities.
		Those marriages are clouded by varying degrees of legal uncertainty, and even in Massachusetts there is a possibility that voters in 2006 could jeopardize the impending marriages by approving a constitutional ban.
		Katie Potter, a Portland policewoman who married partner Pam Moen in March, said she was delighted by the Massachusetts developments yet worried that it could take years for marriage rights to extend nationally.
	www.showmenews.com /2004/May/20040516News022.asp (834 words)

	Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was organized in March, 1863 at Camp Meigs, Readville, Massachusetts by Robert Gould Shaw, twenty-six year old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist family.
		Shaw had earlier served in the Seventh New York National Guard and the Second Massachusetts Infantry, and was appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts governor John A. Andrew.
		The regiment was composed primarily of free fls from throughout the north, particularly Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
	extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu /olustee/54th_MS_inf.html (777 words)

	Legislative Research in Massachusetts
		A referendum petition under the provisions of Article 48 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution "is the power of a specified number of voters to submit a law, enacted by the General Court, to the people for their ratification or rejection." Mass.
		The Massachusetts Political Almanac (See Sec.1.10.2) is published annually and provides a summary of each member's vote on the publisher's designated ten or more most important votes.
		Legislative history in the form of social history may be gleaned by interviewing the petitioners of the bill, e.g.
	www.mass.gov /legis/legishistory.htm (9723 words)

	Massechusettes History
		The charter granted to the Massachusetts Bay Colony embraced all the territory between 44 degrees and 48 degrees north latitude, "throughout the Maine lands from sea to sea." But the grants made under this authority conflicted with those of New York.
		Commissioners of New York and Massachusetts met at Hartford, Connecticut, on December 16, 1786, to consider the claims of Massachusetts to the western territory.
		It was finally agreed that Massachusetts should relinquish to New York their sovereignty of the whole of the disputed territory, but in return should receive the right of soil and preemptive right of Indian purchase west of a meridian passing through the eighty-second milestone of the Pennsylvania line, excepting certain reservations upon the Niagara River.
	www.hopefarm.com /massachu.htm (540 words)

	History
		Photographs and history of colonial cemeteries and gravestones in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
		A history of one of America's significant industrial companies that was based in Boston (primarily Hyde Park)for nearly 130 years.
		History of the amusement park on the Charles River in Newton, where the Mariott now is.
	www.boston-online.com /History (884 words)

	Westport (Massachusetts) History
		I have come to the study of the company from my own family history research (the author is a descendant of Job White) and I will use this perspective to look at the personal motivations and backgrounds of those involved.
		Using this approach it is possible to discern the pathways along which the new technology of cotton manufacture was carried and to gain some sense of the motivations and expectations of those involved.
		Historical Timeline - This is a brief, chornological overview of Westport history that includes the key dates from four centuries.
	www.westporthistory.com (4942 words)

	History - Massachusetts Artillery
		In the Appomattox Campaign built the pontoon bridge a Farmville by which the 2nd and 6th Corps crossed in pursuit of Lee, and built the bridge at Richmond, Va. by which all the Union Armies crossed the James Rive: on their way to Washington after close of the war.
		Battery attached to 2nd Massachusetts Battery September 18, 1863, to February 17, 1864.
		To 6th Massachusetts Battery until March 6, 1864, and to Battery "L," 1st United States Artillery, to June 28, 1864.
	www.civilwararchive.com /Unreghst/unmaarty.htm (5967 words)

	United States Resources: Massachusetts
		Guide to Census Schedules for Massachusetts in 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (soundex and census), and 1890 special schedule of Union veterans.
		History of the United Church of Christ in Canton, Massachusetts
		The History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts: The Genealogies by George Lincoln
	www.rootsweb.com /roots-l/USA/ma.html (778 words)

	History of Massachusetts Innovation Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Massachusetts Innovation Center at 1 Oak Hill Road used to house the Anwelt Footwear Corp., a business founded by Sidney Ansin.
		MIC is located in an old mill over 100 years old and is one of the most innovative structures around.
		The following is a history of the MIC building, which was part of the Park hill Manufacturing complex.
	www.massinnovation.com /history (171 words)

	Massachuset
		Job Nasutan worked with missionary John Eliot to translate the bible into Algonquin, and Crispus Attucks, killed in the Boston Massacre was the son a free fl and a Massachuset mother.
		Currently, some of their descendants from the praying town at Punkapog are known to still be living in Massachusetts near the cities of Canton, Mattapan, and Mansfield.
		Comments concerning this "history" would be appreciated...please direct them to Lee Sultzman..
	www.dickshovel.com /massa.html (938 words)

	55th Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Both regiments would experience the same bigotry at the hands of the government and their fellow soldiers, and both regiments would eventually be brigaded together and would fight and die, side by side at Honey Hill, South Carolina on November 30, 1864.
		Since the Confederates had recently evacuated the area, the 55th Massachusetts was responsible to visit, garrison, and dismantle all the rebel guns at the line of batteries on the island.
		On May 1, 1865, Hartwell was placed in command of a brigade consisting of the 25th Ohio, 55th Massachusetts, 102nd U.S.C.T., and a section of Battery B of the 3rd New York Artillery.
	www.coax.net /people/lwf/55hist.htm (2902 words)

	Thoreau--Natural History of Massachusetts
		Reports--on the Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds; the Herbaceous Plants and Quadrupeds; the Insects Injurious to Vegetation; and the Invertebrate Animals--of Massachusetts.
		I would keep some book of natural history always by me as a sort of elixir, the reading of which should restore the tone of the system.
		The natural history of man himself is still being gradually written.
	www.vcu.edu /engweb/transcendentalism/authors/thoreau/nathist.html (6875 words)

	History Boston Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Massachusetts vacations: Visit TripAdvisor, your source for the web's best reviews and travel articles about tourism and vacation packages in Massachusetts, United States.
		From Boston to the Berkshires, Massachusetts' rich history and modern attractions are sure to...
		Enjoy Boston's rich history, culture and life and learn why Boston is known as the Hub of the Universe.
	www.hotelschepstow.co.uk /chepstow/history_boston_massachusetts.html (462 words)

	The US50 - A guide to the fifty states
		The following year a royal charter was granted to the Massachusetts Bay Company, to promote the settlement of the territory "from sea to sea" that had been granted to the Puritans, and to govern its colonies.
		In the French and Indian War he was a soldier, and in the period of growing colonial discontent with British measures after the Stamp Act (1765), he was a passionate anti-British spokesman.
		Revere became a figure of popular history and legend, however, because of his ride on the night of April 18, 1775, to warn the people of the Massachusetts countryside that British soldiers were being sent out, which started the American Revolution.
	www.theus50.com /massachusetts/history.shtml (1766 words)

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