Guantanamo Bay

Examples of Guantanamo Bay in the following topics:

• September 11th and the War on Terror

  • For that purpose, the United States began transporting men suspected of being members of al-Qaeda to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for questioning.
  • Rumsfeld that the military tribunals that tried Guantanamo prisoners violated both U.S. federal law and the Geneva Conventions.

• The Election of 2004

  • These criticisms were amplified by growing international concern over the treatment of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and widespread disgust over the torture conducted by U.S. troops at the prison in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, which surfaced only months before the election.

• The Obama Administration

  • His major policy initiatives have included changes in tax policies, legislation to reform the United States health care industry, foreign policy initiatives, and the phasing out of the detention of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.
  • In his first week in office, Obama signed Executive Order 13492 suspending all the ongoing proceedings of Guantanamo military commission and ordering the detention facility to be shut down within the year.

• Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Connecticut

  • The Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded in the 17th century, included parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
  • The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston.
  • The owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company founded the colony.
  • Two small proprietary colonies were set up in addition to Massachusetts Bay - one in New Hampshire and one in Maine.
  • This map illustrates the early settlements in Eastern Massachusetts, including the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

• Settling New England

  • New England colonies included New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
  • The New England colonies included New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
  • The promoters of the Massachusetts Bay Colony contributed 200 thousand British pounds to its founding.
  • That war kept Charles I from suppressing the Bay Colony and its government became a model for the other colonies.

• The War in the Chesapeake

  • The strategic location of the Chesapeake Bay near the U.S. capital made it a prime target for the British.
  • The strategic location of the Chesapeake Bay near America's capital made it a prime target for the British during the War of 1812.
  • Starting in March of 1813, a squadron under British Rear Admiral George Cockburn started a blockade and raided towns along the bay from Norfolk to Havre de Grace.
  • On July 4, 1813, Joshua Barney, a Revolutionary War naval hero, convinced the Navy Department to build the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla, a squadron of twenty barges to defend the Chesapeake Bay.

• An Emerging Colonial System

  • The colonies were: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
  • The Dominion of New England was created in 1685 by a decree from King James II that consolidated Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Province of New York, East Jersey, and West Jersey into a single larger colony.
  • Maine was officially merged into Massachusetts Bay Colony with the issuance of the Massachusetts Bay charter of 1691.
  • Plymouth was absorbed by Massachusetts Bay Colony with the issuance of the Massachusetts Bay charter of 1691.

• The Glorious Revolution in America

  • The Glorious Revolution led to the dissolution of the Dominion of New England and the establishment of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
  • He had revoked the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter in 1684 after its Puritan rulers refused to act on his demands to streamline the administration of the small colonies and bring them more closely under the crown's control.
  • The Dominion consisted of the Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island colonies.
  • The resulting Province of Massachusetts Bay, whose charter was issued in 1691 and began operating in 1692 under governor Sir William Phips, combined the territories of both colonies, along with the islands south of Cape Cod (Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the Elizabeth Islands) that had been part of New York.

• Rhode Island

  • When dissenters, including Puritan minister Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson, challenged Governor Winthrop in Massachusetts Bay in the 1630s, they were banished.
  • Anne Hutchinson also ran afoul of Puritan authorities for her criticism of the evolving religious practices in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • Williams named the other islands in the Narragansett Bay after virtues: Patience Island, Prudence Island, and Hope Island.
  • In 1644, Roger Williams secured a land patent establishing the Incorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay.
  • A map of the colony of Rhode Island, with the adjacent parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay.

• New France and Louisiana

  • New France, colonized by France in the 16th century, included the colonies of Canada, Acadia, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland, and Louisiana.
  • At its peak in 1712, the territory of New France extended from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains and from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.
  • The territory was then divided into five colonies, each with its own administration: Canada, Acadia, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland (Plaisance), and Louisiana.
  • The Treaty resulted in the relinquishing of French claims to mainland Acadia, the Hudson Bay, and Newfoundland, and the establishment of the colony of Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) as the successor to Acadia.
  • This global map illustrates the geographic location of New France, which stretched from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains and from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.