GLCEventAchieved Statehood`CNoteSixth state to enter the union.fFacts About Massachusetts. http://www.masshome.com/tour.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.American Civil WarlBhttp://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001.American RevolutionO ZOBegan wirth the Declaration of Independence and ended with the Treaty of Paris.[http://webpages.homestead.com/revwar/files/INDEX.HTM Taken from the Internet, July 3, 2001#Bartholomew Gosnold explores coast.WwNotable Events in Massachusetts History. http://www.masshome.com/events.html Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Battle of Bunker HilRN Charles Town2It is one of the most important colonial victories in the U.S. War for Independence. Fought during the Siege of Boston, it lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause. This battle made both sides realize that this was not going to be a matter decided on by one quick and decisive battle. The Battle of Bunker Hill. http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Theater/9022/essay1.html Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Boston becomes the Capital.ZBoston (also known as "The Hub" and "Beantown") became the capitol city of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632. It has served as the state capitol since 1780.gFacts About Massachusetts. http://www.masshome.com/tour.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.Boston MassacreFBostonTPrecipitating the event known as the Boston Massacre was a mob of men and boys taunting a sentry standing guard at the city's customs house. When other British soldiers came to the sentry's support, a free-for-all ensued and shots were fired into the crowd. Four died on the spot and a fifth died after four days. Six others were wounded.dhttp://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.Boston Tea Party.LBostonOn May 10, 1773, parliament authorized the East India Tea Co to export a half a million pounds of tea to the American colonies for the purpose of selling it without imposing upon the company the usual duties and tariffs. On November 27, 1773, three ships loaded with such tea landed at Boston and were prevented from unloading their cargo. On the night of December 16, 1773, a group of colonists, thinly disguised as Mohawk Indians, snuck aboard the ships and dumped 342 chests of tea in to Boston Harbor. {Boston Tea Party. http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/abs_bostea.html Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Consitution AdoptedUfFacts About Massachusetts. http://www.masshome.com/tour.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.Decline of the Massachuseth;qIn 1614 there may have been as many as 3,000 Massachuset living in 20 villages around Boston Bay, but by the time the Pilgrims arrived in 1620 there were less than 800.Nhttp://www.dickshovel.com/massa.html Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Edith N. Rogers Electeda$bEdith N. Rogers of Massachusetts becomes first woman to serve in the U.S. House of RepresentativesYhttp://www.state.ma.us/sec/mus/mushis/histim.htm Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.First American Public LibraryPBostonxNotable Events in Massachusetts History. http://www.masshome.com/events.html Taken from the internet, June 26, 2001.'First Battle of the American RevolutionNLexington, ConcordPThe first battle of the American Revolution fought in Lexington and Concord. wNotable Events in Massachusetts History. http://www.masshome.com/events.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.First Computer( CambridgegThe first computer, a non-electronic "differential analyzer," developed by Dr. Vannevar Bush of M.I.T.xNotable Events in Massachusetts History. http://www.masshome.com/events.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001. First SlaveBostonZhttp://www.state.ma.us/sec/mus/mushis/histim.htm Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.First ThanksgivingrPlymouthCThe Pilgrims celebrated the first New England Thanksgiving in 1621.cHistoric Massachusetts. http://patsabin.com/MA_History/ Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.First U.S. subway opensoBostonYhttp://www.state.ma.us/sec/mus/mushis/histim.htm Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.Harvard CambridgeGHarvard, founded at Cambridge in 1636, was the first American College.Notable Events in Massachusetts History. http://www.masshome.com/tour.html#Original Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.John Adams Elected PresidentVlKJohn Adams, born 1735 in Quincy, elected 2nd president of United States. xNotable Events in Massachusetts History. http://www.masshome.com/events.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.!John F. Kennedy Elected PresidentQVhJohn F. Kennedy, born 1917 in Brookline, elected 35th president of United States; assassinated 1963. xNotable Events in Massachusetts History. http://www.masshome.com/events.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.Paul Revere's RideNIn 1774 and the Spring of 1775 Paul Revere was employed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Massachusetts Committee of Safety as an express rider to carry news, messages, and copies of resolutions as far away as New York and Philadelphia. On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was sent for by Dr. Joseph Warren and instructed to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British troops were marching to arrest them.fThe Midnight Ride. http://paulreverehouse.org/midnight.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.Salem Witch TrialsISalemOn June 2, 1692 Bridget Bishop was the first person to be convicted of witchcraft. She was hanged on Gallows Hill in Salem Town on June 10 still claiming to be wronged by the courts and that she was innocent of any crime. In the end, 19 people were hung and five died due to torture in prison. The last hanging was held on September 22 and the trials were soon stopped by the governor who ordered that no convictions could be made due to intangible evidence. The Salem Witchcraft Trials. http://campus.northpark.edu/history//WebChron/USA/Salem.html Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.+Samuel de Champlain explores and maps coastgZwNotable Events in Massachusetts History. http://www.masshome.com/events.html Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Slavery abolishedVZhttp://www.state.ma.us/sec/mus/mushis/histim.htm Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.Taxation for Public SchoolsLegislation permitted local taxation for the support of public schools to provide education for all children for 12 weeks/year (St. 1827, c.143)Zhttp://www.state.ma.us/sec/mus/mushis/histim.htm Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.The Fifty-fourth MassachusettsThe Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was organized in March, 1863 at Camp Meigs, Readville, Massachusetts by Robert Gould Shaw, twenty-six year old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist family. As one of the first black units organized in the northern states, the Fifty-fourth was the object of great interest and curiosity, and its performance would be considered an important indication of the possibilities surrounding the use of blacks in combat. The regiment was composed primarily of free blacks from throughout the north, particularly Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. After a period of recruiting and training, the unit proceeded to the Department of the South, arriving at Hilton Head, South Carolina, on June 3, 1863. Soon after it saw its first action at James Island. The regiment earned its greatest fame on July 18, 1863, when it led the unsuccessful and controversial assault on the Confederate positions at Battery Wagner. In this desperate attack, the Fifty-fourth was placed in the vaahttp://extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu/olustee/54th_MS_inf.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.The Great Boston Molasses Flood/BostonIn 1919, a 50-foot-high steel tank loomed over Boston's North End. Built by the Purity Distilling Company four years earlier, the tank could hold up to 2.5 million gallons of molasses to be used in the production of rum and industrial alcohol. At 12:40 pm on Wednesday, January 19, 1919, the tank burst, sending a gigantic wave of molasses rushing down Commercial Street through the North End, eventually covering two city blocks. Twenty-one people died in the disaster and 150 were injured. aMass, History FAQ's. http://www.masshist.org/faqs.html Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.The Great Fire of 1872KBostonA roaring blaze that consumed 65 acres and left behind, by the morning of November 12, 1872, a charred crater where much of Boston's financial district had been.Crowding, conflict and conflagration. Peter S. Canellos. The Boston Globe Online. http://www.boston.com/globe/specialreports/1997/mar/125/1872.htm Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001. The Pilgrims;qPlymouthIn the early 1600's, a group of English Protestants separated from the Church of England. They wanted to worship God in their own way, but they were not permitted to do so. In 1620, more than a hundred of these people decided to make a pilgrimage (religious journey) to America. They hoped to find religious freedom there. On September 16, 1620, these Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth, England, in the Mayflower. That November, the Mayflower anchored in what is now Provincetown harbor. Before leaving the ship, the Pilgrims drew up a plan of self-government, which they called the Mayflower Compact. In December, the Pilgrims sailed across Cape Cod Bay and settled in Plymouth. bHistoric Massachusetts. http://patsabin.com/MA_History/ Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001. VaccinationTBostonXCotton Mather introduces the concept of vaccination during a smallpox epidemic in BostonZhttp://www.state.ma.us/sec/mus/mushis/histim.htm Taken from the Internet, June 26, 2001.