All posts tagged "colonists"
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7.2K2ConnecticutSamuel Maverick Writes A Guide to the Wonders of New England – in 1660
Samuel Maverick, as his name suggests, didn’t like to go along with the crowd. The Puritan crowd, that is. He came to...
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13.3K2MassachusettsHow the Codfish Started the American Revolution
The American Revolution was to some extent a fight over the big, stupid, slow-moving codfish. Codfish were by far colonial New England’s...
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5.4KConnecticutSeven Fun Facts About Taxes
There isn’t much that’s fun about taxes, but we thought we’d try to find something. So we found seven fun — well,...
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5.5K1MassachusettsHow John Adams Became A “Church going Animal”
It took a lifetime of study and reflection for John Adams to come up with his religious credo. In the end, the...
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6.6K1Business and LaborHigley Copper Coins: Connecticut’s Rare, Exciting and Historic Penny
According to the legend of the Higley copper, a Connecticut doctor with a powerful thirst and a copper mine minted the colony’s...
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13.1KConnecticutThe Mysterious Moodus Noises of Connecticut
The mysterious Moodus noises in south central Connecticut for many years frightened the Puritan settlers. They weren’t alone. The Wangunk Indians had...
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7.4K1MassachusettsThe Puritans Blame Provoking Evils for King Philip’s War
Increase Mather could see King Philip’s War coming from his pulpit. All around him he saw sinful activity: periwigs, high prices, tippling...
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11.1K2ConnecticutThe Great September Gale of 1815
When the Great September Gale struck New England in the fall of 1815, few could remember the last time such a devastating...
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10.8KMassachusettsThe American Revolution Through British Eyes
The American Revolution looked much different through British eyes than it did to the rebels who claimed to fight for liberty and...
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9.3KCrime and ScandalThe 1635 Perplexing Death of Maid Mary Sholy
In 1635, Mary Sholy had the tragic misfortune of meeting William Schooler. Schooler was not the sort of man the early settlers...
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