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Feb 15, 2020 · Massachusetts is a state rich in history. Its geological history dates back millions of years while its native population has lived in the area for over 10,000 years. Explorers, fishermen and traders first started visiting New England around the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Timeline of important dates and major events in the history of Massachusetts. Illustrated list of events and people from our today in history archives.
Jun 5, 2024 · The Glorious Revolution (1688–1690) was a sequence of events that culminated in the ascension of William and Mary to the throne of England, contributing to uprisings in the colonies of Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland.
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Jan 4, 2012 · 1689: ♠ In 1689, Increase Mather and Sir William Phips petition William and Mary to restore the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. ♠ In April of 1689, Reverend Samuel Parris is named the new minister at Salem Village. ♠ On November 19, 1689, Reverend Samuel Parris is ordained as the new minister at Salem Village. 1691:
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Andros arrived in Boston on Dec. 20, 1686 to enforce the Crown’s crackdown on the colony’s independent ways. King Charles IIhad learned the colonists were settling land well beyond the boundaries set by the charter. They ignored trade restrictions and they did not tolerate the Church of England. They had refused to take an oath of allegiance for ye...
The day he set foot in Boston, Andros began talks with the Puritan elders for the better accommodation of the Church of England. The Puritans said no to the man they viewed as a ‘bigoted Papist.’ The Puritans were pretty bigoted themselves. They objected to the Church of England’s embrace of Catholic traditions. The Puritans banned Christmas and vi...
It was an affront the Puritans would not forgive. Andros wife, Mary Craven Andros, died soon after arriving in Boston. Andros added insult to injury by holding her funeral service at Old South on Feb. 10, 1688, with the pomp and ritual so abhorrent to Puritans. Andros continued to vex the Massachusetts Puritans. He refused to recognize some of thei...
Early on the morning of April 18, 1689, the inhabitants of Boston took up arms. Militias from neighboring towns streamed into the city. They first arrested the captain of the British frigate The Rose, moored in Boston Harbor. Two thousand Massachusetts militia then marched against Andros’ garrison of a dozen or so redcoats. Andros had no choice but...
Sir Edmund Andros 's intensely unpopular rule came to a sudden end in 1689 with an uprising sparked by the Glorious Revolution in England. The new king William III established the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691 to govern a territory roughly equivalent to the modern states of Massachusetts and Maine.
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Dec 14, 2019 · The following is a timeline of the Massachusetts Bay Colony: 1498 – John Cabot explores the east coast of North America and claims it for England. 1602 – Bartholomew Gosnold explores the east coast and names Cape Cod.
