Benjamin
CARPENTER
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Born: 17 May 1725 in Swansea, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Benjamin had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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Benjamin CARPENTER died 29 March 1804 in Guilford, Vermont, USA .
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Birth — 172517 May 1725
Swansea, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
Death — 180429 March 1804
Guilford, Vermont, USA
He died at the age of 78.
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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state
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