What were times like in colonial Massachusetts?
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Well for one thing,it was a lot safer for young women since the Kennedys were not around yet
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Check out the Williamsburg website. They have very good information on a wide variety of occupations common during the Colonial period.\n\nhttp://history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm
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*shrugs*\n\nThough I belive New England has that beat. You can have a summer time rainstorm and a winter snowstorm all in a space of a few hours.
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The New England Colonies include Massachusetts (which included Maine athe time), Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont.  Boston was the chief city for the New Endland Colonies and was founded in 1630.  \n\nLook on wikipedia.org for a better description.
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zeroEarthquake History of Massachusetts\n\nMassachusetts was the sixth state of the original thirteen to enter the Union (1788). However, the region was visited by English explorers as early as 1602, followed by the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620. The early settlers compiled the extensive historical accounts that are now available. Nineteen earthquakes, intensity V or greater, have centered in Massachusetts. A number of other earthquakes were centered off the coast of Massachusetts and affected the eastern portion of the State. A shock in 1755 reached intensity VIII at Boston and was felt across the State. In addition, Massachusetts was affected by some of the more severe Canadian shocks plus the earthquake of 1929 that centered on Grand Banks of Newfoundland. \n\nStrong earthquakes in the St. Lawrence Valley in 1638, 1661, 1663, and 1732 were felt in Massachusetts. The 1638 and 1663 shocks damaged chimneys at Plymouth, Salem, and Lynn. On June 11, 1643, Newbury, Massachusetts, was strongly shaken. Again in 1727 (November 9) an earthquake described as "tremendous" in one report and "violent" in another caused much damage at Newbury. The shock was felt from the Keenebec River to the Delaware River and from ships at sea to the extreme western settlements. Several strong aftershocks were reported from the area through February 1728. \n\nEastern Massachusetts was shaken moderately on February 17, 1737, and June 24, 1741. Then on June 14, 1744, large numbers of bricks were shaken from tops of chimneys at Boston and other towns and stone walls were shaken down. Many persons in Newbury and Ipswich were alarmed. The earthquake was reported felt severely at Falmouth, Maine. \n\nOn November 18, 1755, one of the most significant earthquakes in the northeastern region occurred off Cape Ann. At Boston walls and chimneys were thrown down and stone fences were knocked down (intensity VIII, Modified Mercalli scale). Some descriptions mentioned violent movement of the ground, like waves of the sea, making it necessary to cling to something to prevent being thrown to the ground. At Pembroke and Scituate small chasms opened in the earth through which fine sand reached the surface. Large numbers of fish were killed and many people on vessels felt shocks as if the ships were striking bottom. This earthquake was felt from Lake George, New York, to a point at sea 200 miles east of Cape Ann, and from Chesapeake Bay to the Annapolis River, Nova Scotia, about 300,000 square miles. Reports of a seismic sea wave reaching the West Indies following the earthquake appear to be erroneous. A tsunami had occurred in the West Indies on November 1, 1755, following the great Lisbon earthquake, which apparently led to a report of its association with the Cape Ann earthquake. \n\nLittle information is known about an earthquake that occurred on October 5, 1817. Walls were reported thrown down at Woburn (VII - VIII), but additional details are lacking. \n\nModerate earthquakes in 1847 (August 8), 1852 (November 27), 1854 (December 10), 1876 (September 21), 1880 (May 12), 1903 (January 21 and April 24), 1907 (October 15), 1925 (January 7 and April 24), 1940 (January 28), and 1963 (October 16 and 30), were felt over limited areas of eastern Massachusetts. The epicenter of the January 7, 1925, shock was off Cape Ann; the reported felt area extended from Providence, Rhode Island, to Kennebunk, Maine. The October 16, 1963, shock caused some plaster to fall at Sommerville; in addition a wall was reported cracked and stones fell from a building foundation (intensity VI). Dishes were broken and many persons were alarmed at Amesbury, and a window was cracked at Winthrop. The other earthquakes did not exceed intensity V. \n\nThe residents of Nantucket Island were jolted by a moderate earthquake on October 24, 1965. Very slight damage, mostly to ornaments, was reported. Doors, windows, and dishes rattled, and house timbers creaked.
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Please refer to :\nhttp://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_era\nYou'll get all the details you sekk.
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I hope this might help you\n\nhttp://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
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I'm assuming that by "pilgrims" you mean the small group of English settlers who landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The answer is, that mostly they were on pretty good terms with the Indians for quite a few years, but there were many other groups of English settlers who came to New England in the following years, and eventually in 1675 there was an out and out war between the settlers and indians and thousands were killed on each side. This is called King Phillip's War and you can easily get lots of info about it online.
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At the point in time when the colonies were developing, they used water power! New England had plenty of streams and rivers. Its shoreline and oak forest aided the shipbuilding industry.
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i'd love to live in the late 1800's ... some modern some rustic and the beautiful dresses and the furniture!  thanks for asking this question!  = )
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/16801/effects_of_the_american_revolution.html\n\ngood luck!
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Probably not. In the books I've read about those times, it was Ma and Pa.
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It was the Elizabethan Age, the reign of Elizabeth I.  The explorations by the English began then, and the difficulties with Spain and the defeat of its Armada occured then.  There was a good deal of artistic fourishing, and also an increase in commerce and trade, and the usual political/religious bickering.  That was as far as England goes, but all of Europe was similarly in more or less the same phase of opening up to new worlds and new combinations of power and politics and economic growth.
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fairly good as they were entering hte renaisance and feudalism was declining as a merchant class emerged creating specification in jobs. this left people open to explore other, more creative options, and it brought europe out of the subsistance livng it had been in in the so called "dark ages" or medieval times...this is when the arts were pursued, and actually encouraged to be studied. of course there were wars goign on...like with england as usual(this was the time of henry the 8th, queen mary tudor, and eventually in 1588, elizabeth...) but they were doing fairly well, captureing calais back form the english even...
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What period of time are we talking about here?\nWith over 200 years of American history, can you narrow it down?
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Timeline of the American Revolution.\n\nhttp://theamericanrevolution.org/tline.asp\n\nhttp://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html\n\nhttp://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/foyer.html\n\nMassachusetts Colony was a hotbed of sedition in the spring of 1775. Preparations for conflict with the Royal authority had been underway throughout the winter with the production of arms and munitions, the training of militia (including the minutemen), and the organization of defenses.\n\nhttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lexington.htm\n\nhttp://www.historiclexington.com/battle.html\n\nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/boflandc.htm\n\nhttp://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/lexington/lexingxx.htm\n\nhttp://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/mo023.htm\n\nThe Second Continental Congress\n\nhttp://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/SecondCongress.htm\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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check out:\nhttp://www.mainehistory.org/edu_facts.shtml