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Later fights broke about the Puritans and the Wapanoag tribe. There were many other controversial things that happened that in Massachusetts. In 1692 Salem village was a quiet, rural .
community near the busy port of Salem. But late in the year, strange events began happening in .
the village. Frightened by tales of West Indian voodoo, several yong women began to suffer .
frightening fits and visions. Suspecting that witch craft was at work, the young women accused a .
West Indian woman in Salem of casting spells on them. Samuel Parris , a minister led the.
witchhunt. Parris and his followers accused dozens of people of being witches. A special court in.
Salem convicted and hung 19 people as witches. Soon many people turned against the witch.
trials. So in October the governor of Salem ended the trials and released all suspected witches. .
Another very famous event that occurred in Massachusetts was the Boston Tea Party. In 1773.
several citizens of Boston dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. After this event.
the British sent more troops and passed laws to punish the colonists. In 1775 volunteer soldiers.
from the colonies clashed with the British army in the Massachusetts towns of Concord and.
Lexington. When they fired on the British troops, the colonists may have sparked the American.
Revolution. On the night of April 18, 1775, English troops marched from Boston toward nearby.
Lexington. They hoped to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. They then planned to seize.
American war supplies in nearby concord. The patriots in Boston learned of the redcoats'.
movements. That night, they told Paul Revere to warn Adams and Hancock. Revere then made.
his famous ride to the house in Lexington where Adams and Hancock were staying. Thanks to.
Revere's warning, Adams and Hancock escaped. Meanwhile, Lexington minute men gathered on.
the town green. The British reached Lexington at dawn on April 19, 1775. Moments later, the.