Final Project: Historic Boston Reference Materials

The American Revolution took place between 1765 and 1783. The Revolution was a rebellion by the thirteen American colonies against the British Monarchy. The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Mass on December 16, 1773. The protest was against the Tea Act which was an attempt by the British East India Company to purchase Company tea on which the Townshend duties were paid.

Boston in 1765 was a much smaller city than it is today. There were only 1,676 houses during this time. Those houses held 2,069 families. The total population of Boston at that time was only 15,520 people. As you can imagine these were mostly white people. To be exact out of the 15,520 people living there 14,672 of them were white. The town had far more women than men in it because of all the losses at war and at sea. Though Boston was a small town at this time it was still the third largest metropolitan area on the east coast. In 1775 the British government stationed 4,000 soldiers in Boston. The ratio was more than one soldier for every military aged male. This earned Boston the nickname of the “garrison town”.

Old State House

The Old State House was constructed in 1713 and it was the seat of the Massachusetts General Court until 1793. It was here that the Declaration of Independence was written and announced to the towns people. More notable though it was right outside this building’s steps where the Boston Massacre occurred. 5 people were killed and six others were injured. Almost every depiction of the Boston Massacre has the Old State House featured prominently in the background.

References

loc.gov

nps.gov

http://www.ushistory.org/

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