Books with title The Colony of Massachusetts

Join Ruth as she sails on the Arabella to the New World as part of the party that founds the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the Atlantic seaboard. Here she encounters Pequot Indians, famine, school in a new land and the everyday chores that make life possible. Through it all Ruth discovers what it means to live, learn and grow into a women in a sometimes hostile world. Also in the Colonial America Series by James Otis Richard of Jamestown Ruth of Boston Peter of New Amsterdam Stephen of Philadelphia Calvert of Maryland

Excerpt from Ruth of Boston: A Story of the Massachusetts Bay ColonyThe purpose of this series of stories is to show the children, and even those who have already taken up the study of history, the home life of the colonists with whom they meet in their books. To this end every effort has been made to avoid anything savoring of romance, and to deal only with facts, so far as that is possible, while describing the daily life of those people who conquered the wilderness whether for conscience sake or for gain.That the stories may appeal more directly to the children, they are told from the viewpoint of a child, and purport to have been related by a child. Should any criticism be made regarding the seeming neglect to mention important historical facts, the answer would be that these books are not sent out as histories, - although it is believed that they will awaken a desire to learn more of the building of the nation, and only such incidents as would be particularly noted by a child are used.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

“Do you think I might go, Aunt Martha?” There was a pleading note in the little girl’s voice as she stood close by Mrs. Stoddard’s chair and watched her folding the thin blue paper on which Rose Freeman’s letter was written. “It is a pleasant invitation, surely,” replied Mrs. Stoddard, “but the Freemans have ever been good friends to us; and so Rose is to visit their kin in Brewster and then journey back to Boston with her father in his chaise, and she says there will be plenty of room for you. Well! Well! ’Tis a wonderful journey.” Anne moved uneasily. “But, Aunt Martha, do you forget that she asks if Uncle Enos cannot bring me to Brewster?”

Step back in time and visit Massachusetts during the Colonial period. After the Pilgrims established Plymouth Colony in 1620, other settlers flocked to Massachusetts seeking religious freedom. Find out what made Massachusetts unique, how it got the nickname "the Bay State," what role it played during the Revolutionary War, and what daily life was like in Colonial times and the early days of statehood.