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Freedom trail at Boston, MA
By Austin Nuttall | July 5, 2008
Sixteen historic sites, all significant in this country’s early struggle for freedom, are connected by a 2.5 mile red brick line that not only links one place to another, but the past to the present.
What makes the sites on the Freedom Trail so special is that they are not recreations or adaptations. They are real. Each one has a role in the beginning of a nation, each one connects us to the spirit of Boston’s early patriots whose hearts were ignited by the spark of liberty.
Revolutionary Timeline
1630
Puritans establish the town of Boston.
1670
The first Old South Meeting House, a two-story cedar hall, is built.
1761
James Otis speaks against the Writs of Assistance at the Old State House.
1764
The Sugar Act taxation and Currency Act infuriate Colonists.
1765
The Stamp Act taxation sparks rioting in Boston.
1768
September 18-British garrison troops in Boston.
1770
March 5- The Boston Massacre leaves five dead. British uphold the Tea Act.
1773
December 16-The Boston Tea Party prompts the Intolerable Acts as punishment.
1775
April 18-Paul Revere and William Dawes, Jr., ride from Boston to alert the countryside that British troops are headed to Lexington.
1775
April 19-The British retreat to Boston after the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
1775
June 17-The Battle of Bunker Hill leaves heavy casualties.
1776
March 17-Washington liberates Boston. British evacuate with troops and local Tories.
1776
July 18- Declaration of Independence is read from the Old State House balcony.
1788
June 21-The Constitution is ratified.
1789
George Washington makes triumphal visit to Boston as first President.
1795
Construction begins for the new State House.
1797
USS Constitution is launched.
1809
The Park Street Church is built.
1822
Boston is incorporated as a city.
1829
July 4-William Lloyd Garrison speaks against slavery at the Park Street.
1843
June 17 -Bunker Hill Monument is dedicated.
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