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Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne
Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne were two of the first women a...
Rebecca Nurse
The earliest women accused of witchcraft fit the typical d...
Reasons behind the Salem Witch Outbreak
During the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, people truly believ...
William Blackstone
William Blackstone (?-1675) is the first English settler o...
Boston Town House
In 1656, city officials first put forth plans for a centra...
The Liberty Tree
The Liberty Tree was one of the great elms planted early i...
General George Washington during the Siege of Boston
George Washington (1732-1799), the first President of the ...
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is an event that led to the occupatio...
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790) was a self-taught man,...
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814) was a lawyer, preacher, tea...
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Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne
Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne were two of the first women accused of being witches during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. They were accused, along with Tituba, by Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams. After Tituba confessed, she also accused ...
Rebecca Nurse
The earliest women accused of witchcraft fit the typical description of a witch. Rebecca Nurse was not like those women. Nurse was a regular church member and had lived in the community for decades. By all accounts, she was well ...
Reasons behind the Salem Witch Outbreak
During the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, people truly believed in Satan’s ability to affect the human realm through witches and wizards. Witches have been around throughout history; before and after Salem. Salem is different from other instances of witchcraft, ...
William Blackstone
William Blackstone (?-1675) is the first English settler of common day Boston, then known as Shawmut Point. There is little remaining information regarding his early life. He came from England and stayed in the Boston area around 1625. He lived ...
Boston Town House
In 1656, city officials first put forth plans for a central government and civic building. A Puritan merchant, Robert Keayne, donated a large sum of money for the construction of the building. Keayne was a member of the original Massachusetts ...
The Liberty Tree
The Liberty Tree was one of the great elms planted early in Boston’s history. By the time Boston was in turmoil over the mistreatment of the colonists, the tree was over a hundred years old. A single event turned the ...
General George Washington during the Siege of Boston
George Washington (1732-1799), the first President of the United States, was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. General Washington had never led an army before and even recognized he had little experience leading larger groups of soldiers. The majority ...
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is an event that led to the occupation of Boston by British soldiers. The Tea Act of 1773 was one of the final acts that led to the true rebellion of the patriots living in and ...
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790) was a self-taught man, who loved to read. Through his love of reading he was able to become an inventor, statesman, and famous intellectual. He was born in Boston to a soap maker who eventually fathered seventeen ...
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814) was a lawyer, preacher, teacher, merchant mariner, activist, and an intellectual. He came from a well off Boston family of educated ministers. Paine’s people came from Tyrone, Ireland. One of which originally traveled to the New ...
