The Massachusetts Convention of Towns (September 22–29, 1768) was an extralegal assembly held in Boston in response to the news that British troops would...

people of Massachusetts with patriot sympathies desired to form their own provisional government. Much like the Massachusetts Convention of Towns which...

petitioned the towns of Massachusetts Bay to put forth a vote on whether or not a convention should be called. In 1777 it was agreed that a convention would be...

The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821 met in order to consider amendments to the Constitution of Massachusetts. It resulted in the...

government, and articles of amendment. Created by the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779, the document was primarily authored by American...

The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853 met from May 4 to August 2 in order to consider changes to the Massachusetts Constitution. This was...

refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. There are 50 cities and 301 towns in Massachusetts, grouped into 14 counties...

in Massachusetts took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia...

Kennedy cited the dilemma of the Massachusetts delegation at the 1924 Democratic National Convention when making light of his own campaign problems: "Either...

published. September: Massachusetts Convention of Towns held in Faneuil Hall. October: British troops begin to arrive. 1770 Massachusetts Spy newspaper begins...