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The Colonial Society of Massachusetts is a US non-profit educational foundation, founded in 1892, and established for the study of the history of Massachusetts. The period of study is from its settlement through the early nineteenth century. It is a member of the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium.
Pages in category "Historical societies in Massachusetts" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Colonial Society of Massachusetts; D.
After the Glorious Revolution of 1688 deposed James, Massachusetts political operatives arrested Andros and shipped him back to England. [39] [40] All of the affected colonies reverted to their previous forms of rule, although Massachusetts did so without constitutional authority because its charter had been revoked. [41]
During the American colonial period a freeman was a person who was not a slave. The term originated in 12th-century Europe. In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a man had to be a member of the Church to be a freeman; in neighboring Plymouth Colony a man did not need to be a member of the Church, but he had to be elected to this privilege by the General Court.
The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783–1860 (1921) Nelson, William. Americanization of the Common Law: The Impact of Legal Change on Massachusetts Society, 1760–1830 (1994) Peters Jr., Ronald M. The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780: A Social Compact (1978)
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts 25 (1924): 94–124. "The Origins of the Monroe Doctrine, 1775–1823". Economica 1 (February 1924): 27–51. "The Will of a Boston Slave". Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts 25 (1924): 253–54. "An American Professor's Reflections on Oxford".
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, one of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (bapt. 12 July 1712 – 16 June 1779) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the provinces of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay.