Committee selected Boston, Massachusetts to host its July 2004 convention. Boston had beaten out other larger cities which included New York, Miami and Detroit to win the convention. The convention would nominate local politician John Kerry to run against President George W. Bush in the upcoming 2004 election. It was hoped that the event would bring an economic windfall to the city and also showcase the historical and fashionable attractions to the national and international media. Boston Mayor Thomas
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Journalist Alistair Cooke wrote, “People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster.” This proved to be true with the Puritans and their arrival in the new world. They traveled to the New World to escape religious persecution from the Church of England. They were pushed out for being too extreme. The new land provided so many opportunities yet to be discovered. The new life seemed so promising
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The Journey of Katniss “Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed”(Bob Riley). Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games represents this statement because she undergoes life-threatening and daunting obstacles to stay alive throughout the movie. She displays true heroism by standing up to the weak and innocent and risking her life for her friends, family, and district. She shows many different signs of courageousness, determination, and integrity
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scrod) baked beans, lobsters, steamed clams, and fried clams. Boston is famously known for its rich and creamy clam chowder that can be found in almost every restaurant. When you are at a Boston Red Sox game everyone knows you have to have a Fenway Frank which is a delicious tradition. Boston is famous for its homemade Boston Baked Beans. The restaurant Marliave has been in business since 1875 and is famous for its perfectly seasoned Boston Baked beans. New England has many regional foods which have
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set up in the time of the Boston Massacre and how the British believed that all the colony people should support them. The British government worked closely with the Commissioners, giving them the ability to call upon the upper organizations. The Commissioner sent soldiers to Boston to enforce their new rulings on taxation and importation. Once the troops were sent, the colonist began to feel uneasy and they fought back by writing in the Boston Evening Post, portraying Boston as being in a state of
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John Mason was the founder of this colony. After being governor of Portsmouth, he and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, one of the Council leaders, received a grant, in 1622, for the area between the Merrimack and Kennebec rivers, in America. Mason and Gorges split the land. Mason took the territory that lied between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers, and named it New Hampshire. Gorges took the remaining land. This New England colony was named New Hampshire in honor of actual Hampshire, England. The colony
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The Puritans lacked forgiveness. They demanded perfection according to their standards and convictions. John Winthrop headed this monumental time in history and he imagined a world that fit right in with his pre conceived notion of how the colony would run. However, he did not anticipate the arrival, influence, and disturbance of one passionate and fiery woman. This woman stirred up commotion in his society. This woman was Anne Hutchinson. Anne Hutchinson was born in England where she was married
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and the engraving of the Boston Massacre. After the war was over he continued making things, like the first church bell, copper spikes and bolts for a warship, a silver tea set, the first copper rolling mill, and copper sheeting for the state house of Boston. All of these things are great accomplishments, and deserve a lot of recognition.
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Distinct Societies “So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace...We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill” (Document A). For seventy five days initially beginning on March 29th, 1630, a fleet of four ships sailed from the Isle of Wright to Salem a city in the Massachusetts Bay. John Winthrop an English Puritan lawyer and writer later became the first governor laying the foundation for many more. His phenomenal world renowned work explored the ideology of a closely
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The Nashoba Community was founded by Frances Wright, who was a Writer lecturer, abolitionist and social reformer from Scotland. The community was founded when she accompanied Marquis de Lafayette during his trip of the United States, for the majority of 1824 and 1825, visiting much of the United States. During her Visit with Lafayette, she met with Robert Owen, who created the utopian community at New Harmony, in Indiana. She returned to the United States again, late in 1825 and founded the Nashoba
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