All posts tagged "Boston Harbor"
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47.7K22MassachusettsExactly How New England’s Indian Population Was Decimated
Even before European colonists thinned the Indian population in New England, war and disease had already begun their dirty work. A team...
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20.8K3MassachusettsNew England’s Beloved Shipwreck, the Schooner Nancy
Life handed a shipwreck to the owner of the schooner Nancy during a storm off the New England coast in 1927. So...
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5.9K1Religion and Social MovementsJean-Louis Cheverus, the Catholic Priest Even the Puritans Liked
Boston, today that most Catholic of American cities, had no Catholic church within 300 miles when Father Jean-Louis Lefebvre Cheverus arrived in...
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13.5K2New England PlacesSix Loyalist Houses
A Loyalist House was likely to be seized and sold when the American Revolution broke out. Many colonies passed laws that let...
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33.5K2ConnecticutHow the Daughters of Liberty Fought for Independence
On August 14, 1768, the Daughters of Liberty cheered from windows as the Sons of Liberty paraded through Boston to commemorate their...
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27.4K12MaineThe Penobscot Expedition, America’s Forgotten Military Disaster
The Penobscot Expedition during the American Revolution was the worst naval disaster in American history until Pearl Harbor. That a huge force...
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