All posts tagged "King Charles I"
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10.0K2ConnecticutSamuel 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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39.1K7IrregularsNew England’s Six Wealthiest Towns (And How They Got That Way)
The wealthiest towns in each New England state all have good schools, beautiful homes and well-preserved historic districts. They are also, unsurprisingly,...
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88.0K19MassachusettsHow Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England
As many as 400 Scottish POWS captured in the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar were shipped to New England in the 1650s...
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6.2KMassachusettsJohn Endecott and the Politics of the First Massachusetts Flag
In 1634, John Endecott and Roger Williams agreed on one thing. The first Massachusetts flag had to be changed. Endecott, of Salem,...
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9.2KMassachusettsBoston’s John Allen: The Uncool Revolutionary
John Allen was one of the first American churchmen to declare that King George III was so badly managing colonial affairs that...
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30.9K8ConnecticutWhen Cleveland Belonged to Connecticut
The City of Cleveland and nearly all of Northeastern Ohio once belonged to Connecticut. The land, 3.5 million acres of it, was...
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