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Massachusetts Bay
Founds the Massachusetts Bay Trading Company
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Massachusetts in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Founds the Massachusetts Bay Trading Company
The Massachusetts Governors house is burned because of his support for the Stamp Act
Presides over the Massachusetts Provincial Congress Committee of Safety
Hancock's boycott of tea imported by the British East India Company leads to the Boston Tea Party
Presides over the Massachusetts Provincial Congress Committee of Safety
Unanimously elected President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress
Under Hancock Massachusetts is able to raise bands of "minutemen"-soldiers who pledged to be ready for battle
The Suffolk Resolves urge Massachusetts to establish a separate free state until the Coercive Acts were repealed
The Suffolk Resolves urge Massachusetts to establish a separate free state until the Coercive Acts were repealed
Is elected to the House of Representatives after serving as president.
Reelected to the United States Senate from Massachusetts.
Reelected to a third Senate term from Massachusetts.
Appointed Governor of Massachusetts
Launches the 1st liquid fueled rocket, a distance of 184 feet in Massachusetts
Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate
Elected Member of House of Representitives
Elected Congressman for Massachusetts 1947-1953
Elected Senator for Massachusetts, 1st African-American senator
Elected Senator for Massachusetts, 1st African-American senator
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Massachusetts. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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