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dictionary - List of Governors of Massachusetts (404 words) |
 | The Governor of Massachusetts is the chief executive of the Commonwealth, and is supported by a number of subordinate officers. |
| The title of "His Excellency" is a throwback to the executives of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Province of New England, and Royal Colony of Massachusetts, all of whom as royal appointees were afforded this title. |
| The governor also serves as Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth's armed forces, a position the power of which has declined as the states of the United States have become less individual nations and more subnational units. |
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| Governor Denonville organizes a massive French-Indian raid on the Seneca, in part as retaliation for Iroquois attacks on French traders and settlements, including the destruction of the Chicagou settlement, which presumably scattered Durantaye`s garrison as well as its French and Miami settlers. |
| The same ordinance provides for a governor of said territory, for a system of representation in Congress "as soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age," and further provides for the elimination of slavery within the territory, a provision that will not be enforced for decades to come. |
| On November 7, Gen. William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana Territory, defeats the Shawnee at Prophetstown on Tippecanoe Creek in northern Indiana. |
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