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- 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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