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Boston



- inhabitans: 589,000 metropolitan area: 2,8 million inhabitans

- capital of Massachusetts à secrect capital of New England ;

largest city of Massachusetts and New England

( N. E. à consists of six federal states : Main,Massachusetts,

New Hampshire, Vermont; Rhode Island, Connecticut )

- most important town in Massachusetts

à centre of economic, education, culture and administration

- influence by european style à p.e. narrow, tree-lined streets ;

Europeanstyle houses



- many of historical roots of the USA are in Boston

- founded in 1630 à by first settlers , which à come with

"Mayflower" in 1620

- 1635 Boston Latin School à first secondary school à by the

settlers

- 1636 nation's first college à Harvard

- 1638 first libary à todav most important libary of

Massachusetts

- 1704 first succesful newspaper in America à "The Boston

News-Letter"

- but à the settlers à dissatisfied , because the British

goevernment à claim high taxes

- in 1770 à fight à angry crowd and British soldiers ---> soldiers

shot / killed five people

à Boston Massacre ( 05.03.1770)

- following years à colonists organized protest meetings à

take place in the Old South Meetinghouse

à in 1773 angry crowds stormed the Boston harbour à threw

tea from a British ship into the sea

à Boston Tea Party (16.12.1773)

- 1776 à Declaration of Independance à to citizens from

balcony of the Old State House



- today: red line runs along à sidewalks of Boston à call

Freedom Trail (show the famous landmarks and historicle

places of Boston

- start: Boston Common ( oldest public park , witches,

pirates, criminalesà hanged there)

- the Old South Meetinghouse à protest meetings take place

there

- the Old State House à before revolution = seat of the colonial

goverment à Declaration o. I.



à Boston connect the old with the new

 
 

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