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  2. History of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Map of southern New England indicating approximate ranges of Native American tribes circa 1600. Massachusetts is named after the Massachusett tribe.. Massachusetts was originally inhabited by tribes of the Algonquian language family such as the Wampanoag, Narragansetts, Nipmucs, Pocomtucs, Mahicans, and Massachusetts.

  3. History of Boston - Wikipedia

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    3.1 Disasters in the 1700s. 4 Boston and the American Revolution, 1765–1775. ... Chart of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay with Map of Adjacent Country. E. P.

  4. Massachusetts Bay Colony - Wikipedia

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    Map depicting tribal distribution in southern New England, c. 1600; the political boundaries shown are modern Before the arrival of European colonists on the eastern shore of New England, the area around Massachusetts Bay was the territory of several Algonquian-speaking peoples, including the Massachusetts, Nausets, and Wampanoags.

  5. List of colonial governors of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    July 17, 1700 William Stoughton (acting) July 22, 1700 died July 7, 1701 Governor's Council (acting) July 10, 1701 June 11, 1702 Vacant Joseph Dudley: June 11, 1702 February 4, 1715 Thomas Povey (June 11, 1702 – left colony c. January 28, 1706) Vacant William Tailer (October 4, 1711 – February 4, 1715) Governor's Council (acting) February 4 ...

  6. King's Highway (Charleston to Boston) - Wikipedia

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    The King's Highway was a roughly 1,300-mile (2,100 km) road laid out from 1650 to 1735 in the American colonies. It was built on the order of Charles II of England, who directed his colonial governors to link Charleston, South Carolina, and Boston, Massachusetts.

  7. List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    c. 1700 [105] Purportedly the oldest continuously occupied house in Massachusetts. Rebecca Nurse Homestead: Danvers c. 1700: This house was built around c. 1700. [106] John Humphreys House: Swampscott: c. 1700 [107] Dickinson–Pillsbury–Witham House: Georgetown: c. 1700

  8. Timeline of Boston - Wikipedia

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    John Bonner's map of Boston published. [2] [14] Population: 10,567. 1723 – Old North Church built, Salem Street. 1729 – Old South Meeting House [1] and Granary built. [2] 1732 – Hollis Street Church established. 1733 – September 27: Rebekah Chamblit executed. 1735 – Trinity Church built on Summer St. 1737 Charitable Irish Society of ...

  9. Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    A 1584 map of the east coast from ... as the value tripled for exports from America to Britain between 1700 and 1754. ... Massachusetts became a crown colony at the ...