When was boston established

In , a future king of France lived on the second floor. Exiled from his country, he earned his living by teaching French to many of Boston's fashionable young ladies. Later Louis Phillippe returned home to serve as King from to Cows prohibited from grazing on Boston Common. It was at the Oyster Bar that Daniel Webster, a constant customer, daily drank his tall tumbler of brandy and water with each half-dozen oysters, seldom having less than six plates. To promote his new business he hired Harvard boys to dine at the Union Oyster House and ask for toothpicks.

His favorite booth "The Kennedy Booth" has since been dedicated in his memory. Since , the Union Oyster House has known only three owners. Carrying on proud traditions in dining and service since have been Mr. It was quickly taken over by a group of Puritans, under the leadership of John Winthrop, who wished to establish a religious community in the New World.

The first colonists sailed from England in and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, with its center at Boston. They were soon joined by other settlers, almost all Puritans; by , 20, of them had settled in Boston and neighboring towns, and the colony was a thriving success.

The Puritan leaders had carried the company's charter with them to New England; this action enabled them to govern themselves and meant that they would not be controlled by governors and stockholders in England. Bending the charter to their own purposes, the Puritans transformed the company into a religious commonwealth.

Their ambition had been to establish an ideal Christian community — a "city on a hill," as Winthrop called it — with the eyes of England and the entire world on it.

Winthrop was reelected governor, and a theocracy was in fact established. In May the Puritan leaders agreed to recognize only church members as freemen those entitled to vote and hold office. The company's officers became the colony's magistrates. The ministers of the church defined orthodoxy, and the colony's magistrates enforced it.

Dissenters were suppressed or banished. In the late 18th-century tension grew between the British and the colonists. In British soldiers were stationed in Boston. On 5 March came the Boston Massacre. There are different versions of exactly what happened. However, in the evening a group of soldiers was stationed by the Custom House in Boston. Local people began to taunt them and throw snowballs. According to witnesses somebody threw a wooden stick at a soldier named Hugh Montgomery and knocked him over.

Montgomery then fired at the crowd. The other soldiers then fired. In all 5 colonists were killed and 6 were wounded. Afterward, 8 soldiers were put on trial. Six were acquitted but 2 were found guilty of manslaughter and were branded on their thumbs with red hot irons. Three ships were sent to Boston with chests of tea.

However, Boston was a center of resistance to the British. On 16 December men dressed as Native Americans boarded the ships and threw the tea into the sea.

On 17 June , the British tried to lift the siege. Two attacks were beaten off but after the third, the Americans retreated. However the British withdrew from Boston in At the end of the 18th century, Boston continued to thrive and grow.

Harrison Gray Otis House was built in It was designed by the famous architect Charles Bulfinch He also designed the Massachusetts State House, which was built in Although later many additions were made.

Bulfinch also designed St Stephens Church which was built in In the 19th century, Boston continued to grow. By the population of Boston was about 43, As Boston grew large amounts of land were gained by landfilling. A number of famous buildings were built in Boston in the 19th century.

The African Meeting House was dedicated in Park Street Church was dedicated in Boston Custom House was built in Its tower was added in Trinity Church was built in It was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson. During the 19th century amenities in Boston improved. Boston Athenaeum was founded in