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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Massachusetts Bay Colony a Puritan settlement in Massachusetts, founded in 1630 by approximately 1,000 English refugees. The Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony developed a theocracy based on their Protestant beliefs.
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Massachusetts Mandatory Health Insurance Purchase Law is No Model for California
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 10/12/2007; 700+ words
; ...12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Massachusetts is not a model for California health...private health coverage. Coverage in Massachusetts is already much more expensive than...Download the full analysis of the Massachusetts law, which provides an overview of...
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Massachusetts Bay Trading Co. Teams Up with Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities to Fund Mass Moments.
Business Wire; 2/22/2005; 662 words
; ...to Donate 5% of March Sales Massachusetts Bay Trading Company (www...the web store featuring Massachusetts-made products, will donate...portion of its March sales to the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities...
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23 Massachusetts Retailers Join Forces to Support 9/11 Families; More Than 900 Stores Participate in Fundraiser for The Massachusetts 9/11 Fund June 30 - July 6.
PR Newswire; 6/28/2002; 700+ words
; ...patriotic holiday, 23 retailers in Massachusetts are joining forces to support local...July 6, more than 900 stores across Massachusetts will sell paper American "flags...proceeds going to the more than 175 Massachusetts families who had a loved one killed...
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Massachusetts Bankers Association Responds to FBI Announcement.
Business Wire; 5/29/2002; 700+ words
; ...local police. In response, the Massachusetts Bankers Association (MBA) said it has complete confidence in the Massachusetts State Police and local law enforcement...committing isolated thefts. In Massachusetts, the vast majority of bank robbers...
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Massachusetts Students Earn High Marks Massachusetts Educates Its Workforce for Today's High-Tech Careers.
Business Wire; 1/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2002 Massachusetts's K-12 education system and postsecondary...CyberEducation 2002 report found that Massachusetts ranked second in the 2000 science National...math, reading, and writing NAEP. Massachusetts was the only state to rank in the top...
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Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci Joins Technology Business Leaders to Launch the .commonwealth Campaign.
Business Wire; 10/20/1999; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 20, 1999 -- Highlights Massachusetts as Center of Technology Leadership...leaders, Governor Paul Cellucci and four Massachusetts trade associations today announced...and marketing campaign highlighting Massachusetts' leading role in the new information...
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 "Talk of the Nation (NPR)")
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Massachusetts Gay Marriage Decision
Transcript from: Talk of the Nation (NPR); 3/30/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Nation (NPR) 03-30-2006 Massachusetts Gay Marriage Decision Host: NEAL CONAN...Neal Conan in Washington. First to Massachusetts, same-sex couples who dont live...the ruling handed down today by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The case is...
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Massachusetts Confronts Issue of Keeping Internet Start-Ups in State.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Venture capital money is pouring in to Massachusetts Internet-oriented companies and their...calls the "innovation economy," the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative indicates...finding enough well-trained workers. Massachusetts e-commerce companies that make software...
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EPA, MASSACHUSETTS AQUATIC HABITAT RESTORATION PARTNERS CELEBRATE AMERICAN WETLANDS MONTH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...news release: EPA, along with senior Massachusetts environmental officials and other partners...aquatic habitat restoration throughout Massachusetts. Even as existing laws and programs...habitats. Over one-third of all Massachusetts wetlands have been lost to historic...
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Massachusetts gays swap marriage vows
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...pronounced "partners for life" Monday as Massachusetts became the first state to let same...marriage license. It's unlikely the Massachusetts marriages will have much, if any...Utah couples will make the trek to Massachusetts to get married. Apart from the cost...
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Massachusetts
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States
Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Derived from the name of the Massachusett Native American tribe that lived on Massachusetts Bay; the name is thought to mean "at or about the Great...
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Massachusetts Bay Company
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Massachusetts Bay Company English chartered company that established the Massachusetts Bay colony in New England. Organized (1628...charter as the "Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England." Almost immediately...
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. Established under the aegis of the New England Company, Massachusetts Bay Colony was first established by a group of Puritan merchants in 1630. The merchants had obtained their initial charter...
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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 1295 State Street Springfield, Massachusetts 01111-0001 U.S.A. Telephone: (413...NAIC: 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (Mass-Mutual...
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Massachusetts Government Act
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNMENT ACT MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNMENT ACT of 20 May 1767 was one of the Coercive Acts...sovereignty codified by the Declaratory Act of 1767. The Massachusetts Government Act effectively ended nearly a century and a half...
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