City of Boston, Massachusetts
The major cities of the United States are all very interesting, after I analyzed my decision; I decided to research the great city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was founded on September 17, 1630 and has a rich historical background making it a very important city in the United States. “The city of Boston was the home to several important events during the American Revolution such as: the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, the Siege of Boston, Battle of Lexington and Concord, and the Battle of Bunker Hill.” (Snow, Caleb H. (1828). History of Boston. Abel Bowen.) These were all significant events that helped shape the city Boston has become today.
Boston is a Bay City located in the inner circle of the Massachusetts Bay area; it has an ample amount of ports in the Boston Harbor. This allows very easy access to trade ships and exported goods. It is also centrally located and close to a few major cities in the New England States area. Boston is nicknamed “Beantown” because back when it became colonized and when it first became a city, The Husbands would work all day, and when they got home they didn’t want to have to cook, and didn’t want their wives to either, so they would cook beans the night before and let them simmer all day, so they would always have fresh beans to eat for dinner. Another nickname is the “The Hub of the Universe” it attained this nickname because of its easy access from ships and the amount of foods and goods it had transported through the ports.
The approximate populations of Boston are: “City-590,763, Density-12,327/sq mi, Urban-4,313,000, and Metro-4,455,217. The Cambridge-Boston-Quincy metropolitan area is the 11th largest metropolitan area in the U.S., with a p...
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...in turn save big money on gas over the course of a year. I also like the strong economy; it seems like a competitive job market, which is good for me to find a career I want to do there. I like the fact that it is so touristy, it allows for me to meet new people all the time and there is always something to do on a lazy weekend. Overall Boston seems like a great City to me, and I am glad I chose this city to conduct my research on. I have visited it once, and had a great time; I plan on going back sometime soon.
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In the nineteenth century, Boston is true to the colonial connection which they become the proficiency capital of the new democracy. Also, they have a financial center to allow only New Yorkers during the 1840s. New York played a long obscure role in the government of the Revolution including Boston. New York and Boston never captured on an identical symbolic attention because there was a bunch of promises that were really hard to understand which bounded values of an entrenched and well-represented of the ancient tradition, but it was incontestable which the populations arose from the American eighteenth century and they still needed to continue overtime no matter what happens.
The setting is eighteenth century Boston, Massachusetts. The population in Boston between 1760’s and 1790’s ranged from sixteen thousand to eighteen thousand . Some of the major building that are well known for the time period are Old State House; originally called Town House, this building is very historic the Boston Massacre of 1770 took place in front of this building, also the Declaration of Independence was first read off the balcony. Also Boston has the Old South Meeting House; which in that time was the largest meeting space, this was where the “convocation met before the Boston Tea Party, and this is community commemorated the Boston Massacre” . Another building is the Old North Church, the first stone was laid in April of 1723 taking twenty-two years to complete, this is the oldest church is Boston today. This church’s steeple was immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem “The midnight ride of Paul Revere” . The geography in Boston is that it was a coastal region with poor soil, this was not a farming community, and most people that lived in Boston were people that practice a trade or a craft. The climate in Boston ca...
Edward, Rebecca and Henretta, James and Self, Robert. America A Concise History. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martin’s, 2012.
In 1629, a royal charter was granted to a group of wealthy Puritans. Their enterprise was the Massachusetts Bay Company. “Future governor John Winthrop stated their purpose quite clearly: "We shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people
Boston was the largest harbors during the colonial era. Products going to and from Britain were rotating out of Boston daily. When word reached Boston of the...
Things that you need to know about the city of New Orleans. This is the biggest city in the state of Louisiana. It is also known for jazz music. It has a basketball team called the New Orleans Hornet and a football team called New Orleans Saints. New Orleans has lots of things to see and to do. Like Mardi Gras it is a parade that’s held in New Orleans. I will be talking about New Orleans early settlement, traditions, culture, weather, lifestyle, closing, and works cited.
During this time, Boston was still taking shape. It had more intellectuals than most other colonies; there were philosophers, inventors, eleven doctors, and one doctor with an actual, certified degree. These people were working hard to improve Boston, coming up with new remedies, inventions, and ideas that helped expand people’s way of thinking (while of course staying within Puritan guidelines).
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In a country containing so much diversity and history, it is practically impossible to locate one city which embodies American diversity. A colony started by the French was
The Boston Massacre was an extremely influential event in U.S. History. It changed the complexion of our nation forever. No one was ever able to give an accurate description of what took place that night, but one thing that you can be sure of is the fact that America may have waited many years before revolting against Great Britain. The Boston Massacre should not only be remembered for the death of the five men, but also for the conflicts that brought on the shooting and for the events that it set off. The massacre was a culmination of tensions between the English and the Americans. The Boston Massacre set a fire under the colonists and drove them to freedom.
The town of Boston was a very unstable throughout the 1760’s. This instability quickly turned to violence in the early part of 1770’s. Tension had already begun to in the beginning of the year with various clashes between the British and the colonists. However, in early March the tensions erupted into bloodshed to create what we now know as the Boston Massacre. The occurrence of these events is a fact, however, the interpretations of them has changed over time. The reports are colored by events that are taking place during the period of time in which they were written and by the author’s own prejudices and opinions. However, we can use these imperfections as a way of tracking what is occurring in America and the state of politics.
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When you associate anything with New York City it is usually the extraordinary buildings that pierce the sky or the congested sidewalks with people desperate to shop in the famous stores in which celebrities dwell. Even with my short visit there I found myself lost within the Big Apple. The voices of the never-ending attractions call out and envelop you in their awe. The streets are filled with an atmosphere that is like a young child on a shopping spree in a candy store. Although your feet swelter from the continuous walking, you find yourself pressing on with the yearning to discover the 'New York Experience'.