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10/07/1691 |
Massachusetts Bay Company Charter (second) is issued in London. |
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1712 |
West Roxbury is organized. |
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01/10/1739 |
Chelsea is founded. |
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03/31/1762 |
Town meeting overwhelmingly votes against making the town a corporation. |
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05/31/1774 |
Massachusetts Bay Colony charter is annulled by Parliament in London. |
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05/28/1777 |
Committee of Council and House chosen to draft a Constitution. |
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11/15/1777 |
Articles of Confederation are approved in Philadelphia. |
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02/28/1778 |
Draft constitution “for the State of Massachusetts Bay” is submitted to voters. |
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09/01/1779 |
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention convenes in Cambridge. |
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03/02/1780 |
Proposed Massachusetts Constitution is sent to the various towns for their approval. |
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