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Mapped Massachusetts
John Smith Mapped Massachusetts. Mapping that will end up very important when the other settlers come later. -
Plymouth Colony Established
Plymouth was formed from the pilgrims who were fleeing from England. 41 men from the Mayflower made the Mayflower Compact. This formed Plymouth's government. It also gave them permission to settle there. -
First thanksgiving
first celebrated by the pilgrims in Plymouth. They celebrated this because the previous harvest was good and they had a feast with the Native Americans to celebrate it. 90 wampanoag tribe members was their along with 53 pilgrims. Those 53 pilgrims were the last pilgrims in the colony at the time. -
Massachusetts Bay Company founded
King Charles I Gave the company a charter. That charter said that they could settle in the New England area. They also founded the company so they could make their own decisions and not have to wait for approval from the king. -
Harvard College started
It is in Cambridge Massachusetts. Considered the smartest college in all of the nation. -
Great migration
The great migration was when puritans moved from England by the thousands and settle in mostly Massachusetts. Puritans were very strict and didn't go through a starving time like the Pilgrims and the colonists at Jamestown. leader was John Winthrop -
Salem witchcraft trials
They last for 3 months and accuse many girls and women of being witches. There were close to 150 accused of being witches and 20 were guilty and killed. -
Samuel Adams Born
Born in Boston Massachusetts. He strongly supported “No Taxation without representation” He was a founding father. he signed the deceleration of independence. -
Boston Massacre
started as a street brawl between Americans and British troops but quickly escalated. 5 people died and the soldiers were put on trial. They were proven not guilty. -
Boston tea Party
342 chest of tea was dumped in the harbor. up to 180 men and boys boarded the ships docked in the harbor. They were disguised as native Americans for a disguise so they would me caught as easily. -
Battle of Lexington and concord
British marched from Boston and went to Lexington first and easily won that and at concord they also won. But at the Old north bridge the patriots fought with nearly 4000 soldiers. The british fought there way back to Boston. -
battle of Bunker hill
considered the first major battle of the revolution. provided them with an important confidence boost. 700 british soldiers died and only 100 colonial soldiers died. Patrick Henry was the leader and said “don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.” -
Massachusetts becomes part of the union
it was the sixth state to be signed to the union. John Adams and George Washington where there. They did this because Massachusetts was the leading state in the revolution. -
Massachusetts separates from Maine.
Maine citizens separate after a 35 year campaign for statehood. In 1820 Maine voted to secede from Massachusetts. -
First american railroad was built
The first built was the Granite Railway of Massachusetts, which ran approximately three miles. It was built to carry granite from Quincy, Massachusetts to a dock on the Neponset River in Milton. -
Invented sewing machine.
Elias Howe made it in Boston and it improved the speed of making blankets and clothes -
First National Woman's Rights Convention held
Lucy stone, Abby Kelley Foster, Paulina Wright Davis and Harriot Kezia Hunt where all there. It was held in Worcester. -
Massachusetts sent 160,000 men to the Civil war.
Of these men, 133,002 served in the Union army and 26,163 served in the navy. A total of 13,942 of these Massachusetts soldiers and sailors died in the Civil War. Massachusetts voted to be on the union side. -
Slavery abolished in all colonies
Abraham Lincoln is remembered for his vital role as the leader in preserving the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process that led to the end of slavery in the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is signed, abolishing slavery. -
Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the first telephone.
He demonstrated it in Boston. Queen Victoria was there to witness it in person and got to pick up the other phone. The queen and all her apprentices were there and got to witness it as well. -
Helen Magill White became first woman in U. S. to earn Ph.D
She got it at Boston University. Her father was then president at Boston university. She continued studies in the classics at Swarthmore -
first subway in america built in Boston
It was made after multiple cities in europe. Like in london. They made their subway 34 years before the United states. And a couple of years after the one built in Boston there was New york city. They also built it to improve travel and reduce the number of cars on the street. -
Boston nightclub fire
492 people died. That was 32 people over the clubs maximum capacity. Deadliest fire in night club history. It injured hundred more. Coconut Grove was the name of the night club. -
first successful kidney transplant.
Joseph E. Murray performed it. It was performed at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. done without any numbing medication. Performed on two twins. One did not have a kidney. -
First nuclear-powered surface vessel launched
Launched in quincy. the submarine USS Nautilus. They made it to see what would happen if they actually powered it with nuclear power. -
Big Dig Begins
Starts in Boston. Congress signed off saying that they could begin Big Dig. The cost went from 2.6 billion dollars to 15 billion dollars to make it. -
first cloned human embryo
this happened in Boston. a large team of scientists did it. It was used to remove diseases and try and help with diseases and how they move around. -
Water leaks in new tunnels of "Big Dig"
dumping millions of gallons of water into the $14.6 billion tunnel system. investigate the cause of a massive leak -
Legislature pass health law
first U.S. plan for Massachusetts citizens to receive universal health insurance coverage. They made it because Mitt Romney's health care overhaul became the basis for Obama's national law. -
Boston Marathon Massacre
2 pressure cooker bombs exploded at the finish line. Killed 3 people Krystle Campbell,Martin Richard, and Lu Lingzi were the 3 killed in the boston massacre. 264 injured at the finish line.
