{"slug": "taunton-massachusetts", "label": "Taunton, Massachusetts", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton%2C_Massachusetts", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127506", "qid": "Q127506", "description": "city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1637, 1786], "span_label": ["1637 CE", "1786 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "boston", "label": "Boston", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "massachusetts-bay-colony", "label": "Massachusetts Bay Colony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "plymouth-colony", "label": "Plymouth Colony", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1637, "year_label": "1637 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Elizabeth Poole becomes the first female founder of a town (Taunton, Massachusetts) in the Americas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339166592#Date_unknown", "title": "1637", "revid": 1339166592, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1639, "year_label": "1639 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – The early settlement of Taunton, Massachusetts, is incorporated as a town.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360051116#January–March", "title": "1639", "revid": 1360051116, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1675, "year_label": "1675 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – The Wampanoag warriors begin a three-day assault on English colonial towns in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in North America, with an assault on the villages of Rehoboth and Taunton. At the same time, Massachusetts troops march to Swansea, to join the Plymouth Colony troops. The warriors elude colonial troops and leave Mount Hope for Pocasset, Massachusetts. The Mohegan tribe travels to Boston, in order to assist the English colonists against the Wampanoags.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992546#April–June", "title": "1675", "revid": 1365992546, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1676, "year_label": "1676 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – The Wampanoags attack Taunton, Massachusetts, but are repelled by colonists.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992596#July–September", "title": "1676", "revid": 1365992596, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1774, "year_label": "1774 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – The word Liberty is first displayed on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts, in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560805#October–December", "title": "1774", "revid": 1369560805, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – General David Cobb of the Massachusetts militia defeats a body of rebel insurgents at Taunton, Massachusetts in one of the battles of Shays' Rebellion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370552329#October–December", "title": "1786", "revid": 1370552329, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}