Boston history

History of Boston

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    History of Boston

    Events in Boston History
  • Samuel Maverick

    Samuel Maverick

    Built a trading post at Noodle Island
  • William Blackstone

    William Blackstone

    Built his house on a peninsular people call place of clear waters.
  • John Winthrop

    John Winthrop

    Came to Boston to create "a city upon a hill."
  • Anne Hutchison

    Anne Hutchison

    She was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • Mary Dyer

    Mary Dyer

    She is led to execution on Boston Common for her Quaker faith
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    King Phillip's War

    An armed conflict between the Native Americans and New England.
  • Goodwife Glover

    Goodwife Glover

    Is executed in Boston for "witchcraft".
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    Salem Witch Trials

    Between this time period over 200 people were accused of praticing witch craft. 20 of these people were executed.
  • Thomas Hutchinson

    Thomas Hutchinson

    A mob ransacks Lieutenant Thomas Hutchinson's home.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act

    Passed by British Parliament. the new tax was imposed on alll american colonist and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
  • The Red Coats

    The Red Coats

    Arrival of two regiments of "Red Coats" on Long Wharf.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was an event that happened in which British redcoats killed five civilian men. Without orders, they fired into the crowd, and killed three people with wounding others. Two of the people who were wounded ended up dieing.
  • Death of Christopher Seider

    Death of Christopher Seider

    A boy who was killed during a political fight in Boston that happened on Febuary 22, 1770. His funeral ended becoming a major politcal event. His death also made tensions higher that erupted into the Boston Massacre.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    When Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonist boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into the Boston Harbor. British were against the tea act, and it still is an ironic event on out history.
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere was an AMerican silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. He warned Sam Adams and John Handcock that the British were after them. He also made a famous poem called "Midnight Ride".
  • The Battle of Bunkerhill

    The Battle of Bunkerhill

    This battle took place at the Charlestown peninsula on the North side of Boston Harbor. It was with the British troops of the Boston garrison against the trrops of the American Contential Army. The army for the British troops were ,400 and 1,500 American troops.
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.It took place in Middlesex County of MAssachusetts Bay, near Conrd, Lincoln, and Lexington. This battle marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of great Britain and it's thirteen colonies in the mainland of British North America.
  • The Evacuation of the British from Boston

    The Evacuation of the British from Boston

    The British boarded their ships and evacuated from the city of Boston.