Remembering Massachusetts

Remembering Massachusetts Mrs. Daley Five Gold Group C

School Year 2006 - 2007

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Boston By Dayna N. In the colonial days Boston was the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The weather there was seasonal. In the summer it was hot and in the winter it was cold. The Puritans were the founders of Boston. They settled beside the Charles River. In 1629 and 1630 the Puritans arrived in Boston. The Puritans were the only people that could live in Boston. They wanted to move there for religious freedom. Their leader John Winthrop called Boston a “city on a hill.” John Winthrop was a Puritan who lived in Massachusetts around 1630. He was chosen to lead the new Massachusetts Bay Colony and he became the governor in 1630. Boston was a very interesting place and it still is. Sources Boston By Debrah Kent

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Colonial Schools By Jenni N. Colonial schools are different from schools today. Instead of learning history, science, math and L.A, they read the bible and were taught proper behavior, reading, and writing. They learned to read and write by using the hornbook. The hornbook was a board with the alphabet and a prayer on it. The children sat on benches in front of the teacher’s big desk. The school itself was one big room. It was usually made of wood. It had a dirt floor. It also had a stove to keep the school warm in the winter. Colonial school was important because it was a place where children could learn important things. Sources The Hornbook of Yesteryear Massachusetts By Lydia Bjornlord

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Fishing By Bobby D. The fishing industry started in Massachusetts. The industry started in Boston, Newbury, and Salem. The men in the fishing industry had shipbuilders build ships so that the fishermen could go fishing off the coast of Massachusetts in the ships. They made money by selling cod fish that the fishermen brought them to local markets. The shipbuilders needed one hundred more ships to sell because the fishing industry was growing. The fishermen had to put fish in barrels to deliver the fish to markets. Some fishermen traded fish locally and with other cities and countries using ships. Sources Newburyport History at Home

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Harvard University By Jillian C. Harvard University was founded in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1638. It was the first college that was founded in the colonies. This college was named after John Harvard. The people who live there today are college students. This college was established by the Puritans. The Puritans opened the college mainly for young men to become ministers. The Puritans also wanted all people to learn how to read the Bible. This was a very important college seven presidents went there. They were John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B., Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and George W. Bush. Source: World Book; 2003 Vol. H 1

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. John Adams and the Massachusetts Constitution By Sean M. John Adams was thinking about government so he helped write the Massachusetts Constitution. The Bill of Rights from the U.S. Constitution was based on the Massachusetts Constitution. The Massachusetts Constitution stated people can have weapons, a fair trail with a jury, free election, fair trade, equal protection and people were free. John Adams went to Harvard law school, he later became the second president of the United States. Sources Massachusetts and the 13 Colonies Lydia Bornylund

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. King Philips War By Jared Sculley There were Native Americans living on the coast of the United states while settlers were coming to America for most of the known reasons; mostly religious freedom. Anyway, the settlers were moving in closer to the natives and the settler’s animals destroyed the native’s crops. They took advantage of the native’s educations and to finish it off they actually started killing natives! Then a settler was killed. Three natives executed for doing it. Then more settlers were killed. Killing back and forth, then eventually, war. It was the bloodiest conflict of the 1600s in New England. The battle ended in a swamp where Metacom (King Philip) was surrounded and shot by settlers. His death led the natives to a sad loss. Sources: American history volume 5, King Philips War

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. The Massachusetts School Act of 1647 By John P. In 1647Mssachusetts, they made a law that if you had 50 families in a town you would have to hire a teacher or if you had 100 children the town would have to build a school. People in Massachusetts thought education would block out ignorance which was the work of the devil, and lead to understanding the Bible, or Gods word. They wanted to have their kids grow up to be holy people. The children were taught writing, reading and proper English. The teacher usually came to the child’s house. If the 1647 New England school act never took place it wouldn’t be mandatory for children in New England to go to school. I’m happy that the Massachusetts school act of 1647 took place. If it didn’t children in Massachusetts wouldn’t be intelligent. Sources Colonial Times Peggy Saari

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. The Founding of Newburyport By Adam T. Newburyport’s and Newbury’s people had different ways of spending their tax money. In Colonial times Newburyport went through many steps to become a separate town from Newbury. Later on the people of Newburyport wanted to build a city hall with their tax money but the people of Newbury wanted to keep the land as farmland. In Colonial Days Newburyport was part of Newbury. The people of Newbury did not them to build city hall like the people in the port did.. North of Oakland Street and Joppa became part of Newbury at this time. Merchants petitioned the general court to allowed this separation. In 1765 Newburyport, and Newbury became separate towns. Newbury surrounded Newburyport on three sides. When Newburyport became separated from Newbury its boundaries were, Broomfield Street on the East. The Northern side boundary was Toppan’s Lane, and the western side boundary was Low Street. Sources History of HomePart 1

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. The Pequot War By Brendan C. The Pequot War was the first of many wars between Colonists and Indians. This was agonizing for the Pequot Indians because they were losing more and more land to the Colonists. The battle between the Pequots and the Colonists took place in 1637 near the Narragansett Bay in Southern Connecticut. The Pequots got aggravated from losing a lot of their land so they fought back. The outcome of this war is that many of the Pequots were killed and the remains of the Indians were held hostage and their families were sold as slaves to the West Indies. It took the Pequots more than 350 years to build their tribe back up after this devastating war. Sources: A History of Us Joy Hawkim

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Shipbuilding in Newburyport By Steven S. Newburyport had a shipbuilding factory on the waterfront of the Merrimack River. The factory began the shipbuilding process in the 1640’s. Many shipbuilders were needed to build ships. They also needed a lot of wood from the inner land. Massachusetts put their ships to work and got a lot of supplies from other countries like Asia and Australia. Gideon Woodwell bought a small lot of land on the waterfront and built there. The shipyard was out of commission for a few years during the colonial times but started again in a few years. Gideon Woodwell was so successful in shipbuilding that he found a partner of his own and started his own factory and made very large ships that satisfied his customers. He loved his job so much that he brought his family down from England and made a living on the waterfront. Sources History of Newbury Massachusetts 1635-1902 Tall Ships of Newburyport Remembered by George W. Goodwin

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. The Shipbuilding Industry By Arianna G. New England was the place where the shipbuilding industry had started in 1649. Settlers used plentiful lumber to build ships in Massachusetts towns that had ports. Ships and port towns quickly sprung up around the shipbuilding industry. Shipbuilding was important because it gave people jobs, travel, and supplies. As early as 1650 small vessels were built and owned in Newbury, Carr Island, and in Newburyport. The towns granted as little as an acre of land for a boat dock or yard. Paul White in Newbury, Jonathan Woodman in Newburyport, and George Carr of Carr Island soon started building boat yards or docks where people put there boats. The outcome of this was that people had to build more and more ships. They did this because they had more cargo to bring to England. Then they brought their cargo of manufactured goods back to Massachusetts. People of Massachusetts depended on the shipbuilding industry. Sources Colonial America Nancy Day

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Town Meetings By Abby C Town meetings took place in meeting houses in Massachusetts in the early 1700s. Citizens went to Town meetings to solve problems they were having in there community. Town meetings were important to Massachusetts because it represents direct sign of democracy were people govern themselves. At Town meetings citizens change laws and sometimes make new ones. Only men could attend the meetings .But men have to belong to a church to vote at these meetings. Women were not allowed to attend. Each year voters took part in their democracy by choosing people to fill town public offices , where new roads should be built, and what to do with pigs digging up gardens. They are the best form of direct Democracy . Sources Town Meetings Author: MacMillan / Mcgraw-Hill

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Trading From Massachusetts to England By: Ethan N. Trading from Massachusetts to England was profitable for both Massachusetts and England. The people in Massachusetts traded the following products to the English; cod, furs, and lumber. In return the English traded manufactured goods to the people in Massachusetts. Trading occurred because the people in Massachusetts needed supplies from England and the English needed supplies from Massachusetts. Lumber was important to the English because they could build ships and houses with it. Cod was important to the English because they could not get cod in England. Furs were important to the English because they could use furs as coats. The outcome to the event is the people in Massachusetts got what they needed and the English got what they needed. The trading from Massachusetts to England was important to Massachusetts history because if this event did not happen we would not have some of the items we have today. Sources America in the Time of Pocahontas Sally Sanzell Isaacs

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Whaling By Christopher O. Whaling was an important event in American history. Whaling first started long ago. Native Americans were the first to whale. Settlers then started to whale in the 1600’s in Long Island. Then it became a major industry along the North American coast. The industry was so big because whales provided a lot of goods. New England played a big part in whaling. So did Newburyport! It was a good spot by the sea to whale. Some product s you could get from whales are whale meat which could be used for food, whale bones which could be used to make tools and chairs, blubber which could be used to light lamps and heat homes, and a lot of other goods. Also each whale was worth $250,000. Whaling isn’t used anymore because products were too expensive and whales were becoming extinct. Also whaling is against the law now. Whaling was important to American history because during that time that is how a lot of people got their goods. Today we have better technology. You can now see whales on a whale watch. Sources The Story of Yankee Whaling Irwin Shapiro A Brief History of Whaling Industry in New England 6 Blue PowerPoint

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Why Was Newbury Founded? By Amanda K. The founding of Newbury is very interesting. The first people to discover Newbury were fisherman. The fishermen were from Europe. The reason was Cod fish was very abundant. They sailed down the Parker River. They had millions of Cod fish. The European fisherman brought the Cod fish back to Europe to sell. Later settlers come to stay. The first group to come to Newbury were farmers who came to raise livestock. The ship that they came on was called the Mary and John. It landed in Newbury in 1635. When the settlers landed on the Parker River They left a stone there and it remains there today. The port which is now Newburyport used to be part of Newbury. Sources HistoryatHome

Remembering Massachusetts Grade Five Gold Nock Middle School Newburyport, Massachusetts Click on the speaker for audio. Craftsmen By Brett D. Craftsmen worked on various projects from building ships to building houses. Craftsmen worked as blacksmiths, shipbuilders, house builders, coach builders, silversmiths and some even made scientific instruments. Some craftsmen in Boston and in Salem went on to be merchants and traders. Craftsmen schooling was not easy. Some craftsmen went to colleges to have more successful jobs and lives. There were different levels of society craftsmen could come from wealthy, poor or average. During the Age of Exploration many craftsmen became ship builders for numerous voyages for more money. Ship builders during the Age of Exploration often got paid more than other craftsmen because of all the ships that had to be built. Sources A Sourcebook on Colonial America Daily Life Millsbrook

Remembering Massachusetts