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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Monadnock Hiker[/i] [br][b]Massachusetts Establishes Land Grants:[/b] . Facilitating the move west for its inhabitants, in 1735 the Massachusetts General Court established 32 land grants or “plantations” along the upper Connecticut River Valley. - This act reflects the geographic importance of waterways in that time period: rivers served as highways in the movement of goods, people and ideas. . Settlements were made along the Connecticut River so that colonists could access the rich soil of the river banks and use the river as transportation. - Flowing 410 miles from the north all the way to the Long Island. Sound, [b]Connecticut means “Long River” in native Algonquian.[/b] - Along with the Indians, colonists utilized it as a major route for trade. - European powers also used it for the movement of troops during the French and Indian War era. - Land grant No. 4 was located where the Black River comes in to the Connecticut, about 60 miles north of Deerfield, Massachusetts. - Squarely in the path traveled by Indian hunters, No. 4 was positioned at a crossroads of rivers and overland routes; a strategic location that would give the settlement a key role in the events from its establishment through the American Revolution. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature.