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5 dni temu · In 1647 towns with at least 50 householders were required to support an elementary school; those with 100, a secondary school. Massachusetts became a pioneer as well in kindergarten and secondary education and developed a uniform state public-school system in 1840.
Although the Massachusetts economy of this era was one of the most impressive in the British empire, it was precariously based. Lacking rich soils or other valuable resources save lumber, the colony, to a degree unmatched by any other colony, depended upon maritime activities for her economic well-being.
10 paź 2017 · The economic prosperity of maritime commerce caused both internal conflict among Massachusetts colonists and external conflict with the mother country, Britain. Within Massachusetts, social class stratification emerged rapidly.
15 paź 2024 · Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley.
World War II precipitated great changes in the economy of Massachusetts, which led to changes in society. The aftermath of WWII created a global economy that was focused upon the interests of the United States, both militarily and in relation to business. The domestic economy in the United States was altered by government procurement policies ...
1 dzień temu · Commercial and industrial expansion marked 18th-century Massachusetts and resulted in the rapid settlement of new communities, many spurred by speculation. Between 1692 and 1765, 111 new towns and districts were incorporated, while the population increased to 222,563.
29 maj 2017 · Revolutionary Economic Policy in Massachusetts* Oscar and Mary F. Handlin' HE revolution was America's time of troubles. A period which raised the most fundamental questions as to the nature of the state stripped away the conventional patterns which cloaked the exercise of political power. The luminous obj ectives of the struggle
