HISTORY OF BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES HISTORY SOMETIMES THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY ROLE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BOSTONS RICH BEGINNINGS 1630S THE PURITANS SETTLEMENT BOSTON THOMAS DUDLEY WHOSE HOMETOWN ONCE THE CAPITAL THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY PURITANS FLED RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL PERSECUTION INHABITANTS BOSTONIANS IN SEPTEMBER SHAWMUT PENINSULA THE NATIVE AMERICANS LIVING TRIMOUNTAINE THE TOWN MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANYS ORIGINAL GOVERNOR WINTHROP PREACHED FAMOUS SERMON CITY UPON A HILL PRIOR DEPARTURE ENGLAND SPOKE SPECIAL WITH GOD COLONIAL REBELLION REVOLUTION THE HOTSPOT UNREST COLONISTS REBEL HEAVY TAXATION BRITISH PARLIAMENT ORGANIZED BOYCOTT IN RESPONSE TOWNSHEND ACTS DETERMINED THE REDCOATS DRAWN FIRE THOUGHT THE CATALYST SWAYING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC RECENTLY UNPOPULAR BRITISH HAD TO RADICAL VIEW RAISE ARMS FIGHT WAR AGAINST SAMUEL ADAMS RADICALS INVOLVED THE BOSTON TEA PARTY SIMILAR PORT CITIES UP AND DOWN EASTERN SEABOARD WIDENING PATRIOTS LOYALISTS ARDENT ACTS TEA ACT OF 1773 BOSTON PORT ACT ATTEMPTED ORDER REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES IN OR THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL THE SIEGE PAUL REVERE MIDNIGHT TIMES WORLDS WEALTHIEST INTERNATIONAL TRADING DESCENDENTS FAMILIES SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ELITE RUSH IMMIGRANTS IRELAND ITALY CHANGE DRAMATICALLY ETHNIC COMPOSITION WITH THEM STAUNCH ROMAN CATHOLICS LARGEST RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY IRISH CATHOLICS PARTICULAR KENNEDY BOSTON IN THE 20TH CENTURY BOSTON POLICE STRIKE JUST ONE LABOR GAIN HIGHER WAGES WARTIME POLICE FORCE SHORTER HOURS WORKING CONDITIONS FAILED ATTEMPTS REACH AGREEMENT STRIKE OFFICERS EVENTUALLY MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL GUARD SENT CALVIN AIDED NOMINATION THE VICE PRESIDENCY FELL DECLINE MAJOR FACTORIES AREAS FIND URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS LEVELING OLD WEST NEIGHBORHOOD CONSTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT DIVERSIFICATION BANKING INVESTMENT BECOMING LEADER MUTUAL FUND RACIAL FORCED BUSING ATTEMPT CREATE BALANCED STUDENT BODY NEIGHBORHOODS COMPRISED OF HIGHLIGHT THAT TIME ETHNIC HOUSING FACES GENTRIFICATION MODEST COMMON PROBLEM OLDER THE EAST HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL BOSTON COMMON PUBLIC PARK THE UNITED STATES BRITISH TROOPS THE PARK HANGINGS OLD CENTRAL BURYING GROUND TREMONT BOYLSTON STREETS SUBWAY STATIONS THE COUNTRY NEARBY THE COMMON RACETRACK PEOPLE RACE MEET YEARS LATER THE THIRD RENDITION TRINITY CHURCH CENTENNIAL THE NEW CHURCH IN STYLE THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE ADAMS MEETINGS TEA ACT CONSTRUCTION WORK EPISCOPAL THE CENTER BACK BAY CENTRAL CROSSING TOWER VISIBLE VANTAGE CULTURAL MECCA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN STUDENTS AREA HARVARD MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HOLDING THE FOURTH INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY IN AMERICA UNIVERSITY GROUP DELEGATES THE METHODIST BOSTON COLLEGE THE ASSOCIATION OF JESUIT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HOLDS DISTINCTION INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THE CHESTNUT HILL SCHOOL THE INFAMOUS MARATHON BOASTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE NATION BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL ENGLISH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY MATHER NUMBER MUSEUMS THE BOSTON MUSEUM FINE COMPREHENSIVE IN THE WORLD OPENING THE MUSEUM EGYPTIAN ARTIFACT COLLECTION FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST PAUL GAUGUIN RENOIR 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN PIECES JAPANESE POTTERY ENGLANDS MUSEUM DEDICATED TO INTERPRETING CONTRIBUTIONS AFRICAN AMERICANS THE COLONIAL PERIOD THE AFRICAN MEETING HOUSE KIND ADJACENT ABIEL SMITH SCHOOL BUILDING BLACK BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORICALLY MUGAR OMNI THEATER SIGHT MOVIE PROJECTORS DIGITAL SOUND BOSTON CHILDRENS MUSEUM TEACHERS JAMAICA PLAIN CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN ADULTS FEATURES READING VISIT BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD CLIMBING WALL CLASSICAL MUSIC HEARD ORCHESTRAS BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRAL ORGANIZATIONS DISTINCT OPERATION BOSTON POPS TANGLEWOOD INSTITUTE SUMMER PROGRAM HIGH ARTISTS STUDY SPORTS ALL KINDS LEGENDARY SUPPORT LOYAL THE HOME FENWAY PARK BASEBALL STADIUM ACTIVE THE MAJOR LEAGUES THE BOSTON RED SOX CONTINUE PLAY GAMES FENWAY BABE RUTH THE RED SOX WORLD HERE BEFORE SOLD THE NEW YORK YANKEES THE BAMBINO PROFESSIONAL TD BANKNORTH GARDEN FLEET BOSTON BRUINS ICE HOCKEY BOSTON CELTICS NBA BASKETBALL CELTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLES THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS FOXBORO STADIUM CLOSE SOCCER FANS TRAVEL FOXBORO WATCH NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION LEAGUE SOCCER TEAM EAST SUFFOLK DOWNS RACING THOROUGHBRED HORSES HORSES SEABISCUIT WHIRLAWAY RACED MASSCAP CURSE OF THE BAMBINO SYNONYMOUS FAILURE RUTH YANKEES LAST CHAMPIONSHIP BROKEN THE WORLD SERIES BOOKS BEACON GOLDEN AGE WIDE EXPANSE WATER THE WEST MERCHANTS PEDDLED GREAT ESCAPE EDWARD WHALLEY WILLIAM GOFFE CHRISTOPHER PARLIAMENTARY ARMY KING CHARLES THE ENGLISH CIVIL SEIZED THE MASS YANNI THE COMMONWEALTH OF CAPITAL CITY SPRINGFIELD FALLEN HARD RAILROADS BLIZZARD ALAN GREAT BLIZZARD OF 1978 EVENT SEARED THE MEMORY ANYONE LIVED GREATER BOSTON QUICKLY GREAT BOSTON FIRE OF 1872 ANTHONY MITCHELL EVENTS SAID TO CHANGED THE FACE BUILDINGS CAUSING MILLIONS DOLLARS DAMAGE GLOUCESTER THE NORTH SHORE BY JOHN LESTER ACCESSIBLE MEMOIR THE VARIOUS THE WATERS THE GLORY