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Boston was named and officially incorporated on September 30, 1630 (Old Style). The city quickly became the political, commercial, financial, religious and educational center of Puritan New England and grew to play a central role in the history of the United States.
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.
Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public park (Boston Common, 1634), [18] the first public school (Boston Latin School, 1635), [19] and the first subway system (Tremont Street subway, 1897). [20] Boston has emerged as a global leader in higher education and research [21] and the largest biotechnology hub in the world. [22]
Boston is the debut studio album by American rock band Boston, released on August 25, 1976, by Epic Records. [ 3 ] It was produced by band guitarist Tom Scholz and John Boylan. [ 4 ] A multi-instrumentalist and engineer who had been involved in the Boston music scene since the late 1960s, Scholz started to write and record demos in his ...
Crispus Attucks. Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African and Native American descent who is traditionally regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, and as a result the first American killed in the American Revolution. [2][3][4] While he is widely remembered as the ...
Plymouth Colony. Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620 and the third permanent English colony in America, after Newfoundland and the Jamestown Colony. It was settled by the passengers on the Mayflower at a location that had previously been surveyed and named by Captain John Smith.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings, established in 1869 as the first openly all-professional baseball team, voted to dissolve after the 1870 season.Player-manager Harry Wright then went to Boston, Massachusetts—at the invitation of Boston businessman Ivers Whitney Adams—with brother George Wright and two other Cincinnati players joined the Boston Red Stockings, a charter member of the National ...
The Boston News-Letter. The Boston News-Letter, first published on April 24, 1704, is regarded as the first continuously published newspaper in the colony of Massachusetts. It was heavily subsidized by the British government, with a limited circulation. All copies were approved by the Royal governor before publication. [1]