Worcester County, Massachusetts Essays

  • Public Transport: Maroubra Beach To The City

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    Public transport Six bus routes (376, 377, 395, 396, X77, X96) connect Maroubra Beach to the city. All of them stop at Marine Parade Terminus Station, but 376, 377, 396 run from Circular Quay; 395 runs from Railway Square where is close to Central Station; and X77 and X96 are the EXPRESS bus of 377 and 396 respectively, and only operate Monday to Friday peak hours. Two bus routes (317, 353) connect Maroubra Beach to Bondi Junction where is a transportation junction with several bus routes and train

  • The History and Development of Dennisport

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    If you're like many of our customers, you've been coming to Dennisport for years. Whether your parents brought you, a friend got married here or you stumbled onto our sandy shores one fateful night, Dennisport has a way of hooking you in and bringing you back. In the grand scheme of things, the tourism era of Dennisport's history started relatively recently, but the part of town between Route 28 and Nantucket Sound has a rich history dating back to the colonial era. The first settlers descended

  • Essay On Flag Desecration

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    prevailing opinion. On January 30, 1970 in Leominster, Massachusetts two police officers approached Valarie Goguen, a Massachusetts man, and questioned him for wearing a small American Flag sewn on to the seat of his pants. Goguen who was with a group of people, was not demonstrating or protesting.There was no protest at the time being conducted by other individuals. The next day the officers arrested Goguen for violating a Massachusetts state statute decreeing that it was illegal to “publicly

  • Dorothea Dix: The Mental Illness Reform Movement

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    In the prisons and almshouses, they were commonly kept chained to walls or floors or in cells smaller than horse stalls. Often, they were not properly clothed. Heating, in any form, usually was not provided for them either. In her speech to the Massachusetts legislature, she states that, “I would speak as kindly as possible of all wardens, keepers, and other responsible officers, believing that most of these have erred not through hardness of heart and wilful cruelty so much as want of skill and knowledge

  • Analyze The Causes Of Shay's Rebellion

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    be a chance of tyranny. With this government style, many states decided on different ways of raising the money they needed. The way that the Massachusetts government decided to handle it was to continually raise taxes on farmland. However, the farmers couldn’t keep up and most started to lose their land or end up in jail. The over taxation of the Massachusetts farmland robbed the farmers not only of their land but also of their livelihood.

  • Explain In Detail How A Bill Becomes A Law

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    1. Legislative Process – Describe in detail how a bill becomes a law. 1. The legislative process- A bill becomes a law through a specific process, it first stars off as an idea. The county or city thinks of idea to better their community so they bring it up to their specific representative. If the representative believes it is a good idea for the bill to become a law he hands it off to the committee who research and review the bill and deems it worthy based on its content. If the bill is passed

  • The Economics of Domestic Violence

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    2002 Retrieved December 1, 2003 http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/domestic.asp Welfare Reform and Domestic Violence October 4, 2002 Retrieved December 1, 2003 http://endabuse.org/newsflash/index.php3?Search=Article&NewsFlashID=372 Worcester Family Research Project: Baseline Data 1992-1995 National Center on Family Homelessness. Retrieved December 1, 2003 http://www.radcliffe.edu/murray/data/ds/ds1099.htm

  • John Adams

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    John Adams John Adams was born on October 30, 1725 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the family farm. He was the older of two younger brothers, Peter and Elihu. John was named after his father John Adams Sr. His father was said to be the town's tax collector, selectman, constable and lieutenant of the militia. John Adams Sr. was the younger Adams’ role model. John’s parents gave him a lot of freedom. It was said that he doing activities outdoors and cared little for school. It is said that John’s

  • John Adams: A Brief Biography

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    John Adams was born on October 30th 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts on his family farm. His father Deacon John Adams was a deacon of the church and also at times the town’s tax collector, constable, and lieutenant of the militia. Senior John Adams passed away in 1761 from the flu epidemic. Johns mother Susanna Boylston Adams was known to have a fiery temper. She remarried to Lt. John Hall, in 1766. John Adams did not seem to get along with his new stepfather. As a child John’s father taught

  • The Case Of Nicola Sacco And Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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    after they were sentenced to death, Sacco and Vanzetti still have their partisan defenders and accusers” (Pernicone). This demonstrates how even today, people still debate if the two men should have been convicted. In fact, “On August 23, 1977, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation that Sacco and Vanzetti had not received a fair trial” ("The Sacco-Vanzetti Case Draws National Attention"). Many people believe they were convicted due to their political beliefs and ethnic background

  • Clara Barton Biography

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    lecturer, and founder of the American Red Cross. Through her many years of work, Clara made a huge impact on America that can still be felt at present times. Clara was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton on Christmas Day of 1821 in North Oxford, Massachusetts. Her father, Captain Stephen Barton, and mother, Sarah Barton, raised her on a farm along with her two brothers, David and Stephen, and two sisters, Dorothy, and Sally. Most of Clara’s education came from learning from her brothers and sisters;

  • Women's History

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    Women's History Amelia Bloomer:Amelia Bloomer was born in Cortland County, New York, in 1818. She received an education in schools of the State and became a teacher in public schools, then as a private tutor. She married in 1840 to Dexter C. Bloomer, of Seneca Falls, New York. Dexter C. Bloomer was editor of a county newspaper, and Mrs. Bloomer began to write for the paper. She was one of the editors of the Water Bucket, a temperance paper published during Washingtonian revival. Mr. Bloomer lived

  • Mental Illness and Mass Shooting

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    Mental Illness Reason Behind Most Mass Murders." Capital-Gazette Newspapers [Annapolis] 3 Oct. 2013: n. pag. NewsBank Special Reports. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. Spencer, Susan. “Mental Health First Aid: A Concept Whose Time Has Come.” Worcester Telegram & Gazette [Massachusetts] 15 Jan. 2014: n. pag. NewsBank Special Reports. Web. 7 Apr. 2014. Weber, Paul. “Fort Hood Gunman Sought Mental Health Treatment.” The Associated Press News Service [Texas] 3 Apr. 2014: n. pag. NewsBank Special Reports. Web. 7 Apr

  • How Did Eli Whitney Contribute To Invent The Cotton Gin

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    came to invent the cotton gin, disputes about patent rights, the global impact of the cotton gin, Whitney's contributions to mass production methods and his lasting legacy. Eli Whitney's Background Eli Whitney was born in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 8 December 1765. From an early age, he liked to work with his hands. At twelve, he made and repaired violins and had a prosperous nail production business when he was a young teenager during the American Revolution when nails from England

  • Henry Ford

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    of the farms in Worcester County, Massa... ... middle of paper ... ...ategory of lives known as revolutionaries. He was not simply and inevitable product of his time. He was original and revolutionary. He defied precedent and never once allowed the impossibilities of the past to limit the possibilities of the future. And above all he was a true patriot to the growth of the human race. 11. Kathryn M. Bartol & David C. Martin, Management 3rd edition (Boston, Massachusetts Burr Ridge, Illinois

  • Rose O’Neal Greenhow, Clara Barton, and Harriet Tubman: Women Who Made an Impact During the Civil War

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    During the mid-1800s, separation in America between the North and the South became prevalent, especially over the idea of slavery, which eventually led to the Civil War. Women did not have much power during this time period, but under the stress and shortages of the War, they became necessary to help in fighting on and off the battlefields, such as by becoming nurses, spies, soldiers, and abolitionists (Brown). Many women gave so much assistance and guidance, that they made lasting impacts on the