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Author : Benjamin Woods Labaree
Publisher : Millwood, N.Y. : KTO Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015046460963
Author : Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Local history
ISBN : UOM:39015004067586
Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members.
Author : Bob Italia
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1577655842
Readers learn about colonial life and the events that led to revolution and statehood.
Author : Harper Avett
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499405194
Welcome to Massachusetts, the colony most associated with the earliest sparks of the American Revolution. In this volume, readers learn about the landing of the Pilgrims, early settlements that grew into famous cities, and important figures in Massachusetts’ history. The descriptions of major historical moments, including the Salem Witch Trials, Boston Tea Party, and Paul Revere’s famous ride, are sure to engage and delight elementary readers. Engaging text, primary sources, and supportive images will transport readers to the land that bred the Sons of Liberty and the true spirit of the American Revolution. This volume approaches national and state social studies curricula in an accessible and dynamic way.
Author : Kathleen W. Deady
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736826769
Provides an introduction to the history, government, economy, resources, and people of the Massachusetts Colony. Includes maps, charts, and a timeline.
Author : John Stetson Barry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : NYPL:33433081902938
Author : David W. Conroy
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469600086
In this study of the role of taverns in the development of Massachusetts society, David Conroy brings into focus a vital and controversial but little-understood facet of public life during the colonial era. Concentrating on the Boston area, he reveals a popular culture at odds with Puritan social ideals, one that contributed to the transformation of Massachusetts into a republican society. Public houses were an integral part of colonial community life and hosted a variety of official functions, including meetings of the courts. They also filled a special economic niche for women and the poor, many of whom turned to tavern-keeping to earn a living. But taverns were also the subject of much critical commentary by the clergy and increasingly restrictive regulations. Conroy argues that these regulations were not only aimed at curbing the spiritual corruption associated with public houses but also at restricting the popular culture that had begun to undermine the colony's social and political hierarchy. Specifically, Conroy illuminates the role played by public houses as a forum for the development of a vocal republican citizenry, and he highlights the connections between the vibrant oral culture of taverns and the expanding print culture of newspapers and political pamphlets in the eighteenth century.
Author : George Francis Dow
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486157856
Comprehensive, reliable account of 17th-century life in one of the country's earliest settlements. Contemporary records, over 100 historically valuable pictures vividly describe early dwellings, furnishings, medicinal aids, wardrobes, trade, crimes, more.
Author : Richard L. Bushman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469600109
The American revolutionaries themselves believed the change from monarchy to republic was the essence of the Revolution. King and People in Provincial Massachusetts explores what monarchy meant to Massachusetts under its second charter and why the momentous change to republican government came about. Richard L. Bushman argues that monarchy entailed more than having a king as head of state: it was an elaborate political culture with implications for social organization as well. Massachusetts, moreover, was entirely loyal to the king and thoroughly imbued with that culture. Why then did the colonies become republican in 1776? The change cannot be attributed to a single thinker such as John Locke or to a strain of political thought such as English country party rhetoric. Instead, it was the result of tensions ingrained in the colonial political system that surfaced with the invasion of parliamentary power into colonial affairs after 1763. The underlying weakness of monarchical government in Massachusetts was the absence of monarchical society -- the intricate web of patronage and dependence that existed in England. But the conflict came from the colonists' conception of rulers as an alien class of exploiters whose interest was the plundering of the colonies. In large part, colonial politics was the effort to restrain official avarice. The author explicates the meaning of "interest" in political discourse to show how that conception was central in the thinking of both the popular party and the British ministry. Management of the interest of royal officials was a problem that continually bedeviled both the colonists and the crown. Conflict was perennial because the colonists and the ministry pursued diverging objectives in regulating colonial officialdom. Ultimately the colonists came to see that safety against exploitation by self-interested rulers would be assured only by republican government.
Author : Dennis B. Fradin
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1986-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0516003860
A history of the colony, which began with the settling of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, until its becoming the sixth state of the Union. Includes brief biographies of notable colonial-era people.
Author : Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019709197
This fascinating collection of historical documents sheds light on the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the struggles of its founding settlers. With its rich detail and vivid storytelling, it offers a compelling glimpse into a bygone era and the strong-willed individuals who helped shape America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Scott Douglas Gerber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009289078
Law – charters, statutes, judicial decisions, and traditions – mattered in colonial America, and laws about religion mattered a lot. The legal history of colonial America reveals that America has been devoted to the free exercise of religion since well before the First Amendment was ratified. Indeed, the two colonies originally most opposed to religious liberty for anyone who did not share their views, Connecticut and Massachusetts, eventually became bastions of it. By focusing on law, Scott Douglas Gerber offers new insights about each of the five English American colonies founded for religious reasons – Maryland, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts – and challenges the conventional view that colonial America had a unified religious history.
Author : James Ciment
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 3151 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317474166
No era in American history has been more fascinating to Americans, or more critical to the ultimate destiny of the United States, than the colonial era. Between the time that the first European settlers established a colony at Jamestown in 1607 through the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the outlines of America's distinctive political culture, economic system, social life, and cultural patterns had begun to emerge. Designed to complement the high school American history curriculum as well as undergraduate survey courses, "Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History" captures it all: the people, institutions, ideas, and events of the first three hundred years of American history. While it focuses on the thirteen British colonies stretching along the Atlantic, Colonial America sets this history in its larger contexts. Entries also cover Canada, the American Southwest and Mexico, and the Caribbean and Atlantic world directly impacting the history of the thirteen colonies. This encyclopedia explores the complete early history of what would become the United States, including portraits of Native American life in the immediate pre-contact period, early Spanish exploration, and the first settlements by Spanish, French, Dutch, Swedish, and English colonists. This monumental five-volume set brings America's colonial heritage vibrantly to life for today's readers. It includes: thematic essays on major issues and topics; detailed A-Z entries on hundreds of people, institutions, events, and ideas; thematic and regional chronologies; hundreds of illustrations; primary documents; and a glossary and multiple indexes.
Author : Alvin Rabushka
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400828708
Taxation in Colonial America examines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the colonists. Spanning the turbulent years from the founding of the Jamestown settlement to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Alvin Rabushka provides the definitive history of taxation in the colonial era, and sets it against the backdrop of enormous economic, political, and social upheaval in the colonies and Europe. Rabushka shows how the colonists strove to minimize, avoid, and evade British and local taxation, and how they used tax incentives to foster settlement. He describes the systems of public finance they created to reduce taxation, and reveals how they gained control over taxes through elected representatives in colonial legislatures. Rabushka takes a comprehensive look at the external taxes imposed on the colonists by Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden, as well as internal direct taxes like poll and income taxes. He examines indirect taxes like duties and tonnage fees, as well as county and town taxes, church and education taxes, bounties, and other charges. He links the types and amounts of taxes with the means of payment--be it gold coins, agricultural commodities, wampum, or furs--and he compares tax systems and burdens among the colonies and with Britain. This book brings the colonial period to life in all its rich complexity, and shows how colonial attitudes toward taxation offer a unique window into the causes of the revolution.
Author : Carla Gardina Pestana
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0521525047
A comparative study of the Quaker meeting in Salem and the Baptist church in Boston.
