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Boston was transformed from a relatively small and economically stagnant town in 1780 to a bustling seaport and cosmopolitan center with a large and highly mobile population by 1800. It had become one of the world's wealthiest international trading ports, exporting products like rum, fish, salt and tobacco. [ 52 ]
The area that is now Massachusetts was colonized by English settlers in the early 17th century and became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the 18th century. Before that, it was inhabited by a variety of Native American tribes. Massachusetts is named after the Massachusett tribe that inhabited the area of present-day Greater Boston.
1625 – William Blaxton arrives. 1630 - When Boston was founded. English Puritans arrive. First Church in Boston established. September 7 (old style): Boston named. 1631 – Boston Watch (police) established. 1632 – Settlement becomes capital of the English Massachusetts Bay Colony. [ 1 ] 1634.
The Boston Gazette[a] (1719–1798) was a newspaper published in Boston, in the British North American colonies. It was a weekly newspaper established by William Brooker, who was just appointed Postmaster of Boston, with its first issue released on December 21, 1719. [1] The Boston Gazette is widely considered the most influential newspaper in ...
October 9, 1960. Faneuil Hall (/ ˈfænjəl / or / ˈfænəl /; previously / ˈfʌnəl /) is a marketplace and meeting hall located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts. Opened in 1742, [2] it was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain.
Chester Joie was an enslaved African American who lived in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 18th century.Alongside Peter Bestes, Sambo Freeman, and Felix Holbrook, who were also enslaved, Joie petitioned the Massachusetts legislature asking for his freedom [1] and declaring that those who aided him would be taking an honorable position against those trying to enslave them.
The Boston Non-importation agreement was an 18th century boycott that restricted importation of goods to the city of Boston. This agreement was signed on August 1, 1768 by more than 60 merchants and traders. After two weeks, there were only 16 traders who did not join the effort. In the upcoming months and years, this non-importation initiative ...
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. [2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts.