All posts tagged "governor"
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10.8K25MassachusettsJFK Born In Brookline, May 29, 1917
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy came into the world, his family was not yet wealthy and glamorous, and it hadn’t yet been plagued...
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20.1K18Crime and ScandalThe Deadly Rules of Massachusetts’ Court of Oyer and Terminer
On May 27, 1692, Massachusetts’ newly minted governor William Phips established the most famous court of oyer and terminer ever. Authorities establish...
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15.0K15MassachusettsThe Great Boston Revolt of 1689
Colonists in Boston revolted against a hated English governor 86 years and one day before the the world heard the shot in...
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17.5K10New HampshireThe New Hampshire Pine Tree Riot of 1772
New Hampshire’s oppressive pine tree laws sparked a little-known colonial uprising in 1772 called the Pine Tree Riot. An early test of British...
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35.6K22New HampshireThe 1936 Flood That Engulfed New England
The great 1936 flood began on March 11 with a downpour in New England that didn’t stop for 14 days. The rain...
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15.7K21MassachusettsBefore the Famine Ships, The Irish Made Their Mark in New England
When the Irish famine ships arrived in Boston in the 1840s, tens if not hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Ireland already...
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