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History of Massachusetts. Flag of Massachusetts. The area that is now Massachusetts was colonized by English settlers in the early 17th century and became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the 18th century. Before that, it was inhabited by a variety of Native American tribes.
- Boston in The 17th Century
- Boston in The 18th Century
- Boston in The 19th & 20th Century
Early Boston was a hilly peninsula originally inhabited by the Massachusetts tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the area since 2400 BC. The tribe called the area Shawmut and the nearby river, which is now known as the Charles River, the Quinnebequi. The small peninsula was only 789 acres wide and consisted of three hills that settlers late...
Boston continued to grow, despite small-pox outbreaks in 1690, 1702 and 1721. The city had over 13,000 residents by 1730. Many of Boston’s most famous buildings were built during this time period, such as the Old State House in 1713, Old North Church in 1723, Old South Meetinghouse in 1729 and Faneuil Hall in 1742. By 1750, Boston’s population had ...
The potato famine in Ireland led to a surge in Irish immigrants in the 1840s, which helped push the population of Boston close to 100,000 people. Boston during the Civil Warwas a tense and sometimes violent place where abolitionists, Irish laborers and freed slaves clashed over political and social issues. In 1872, Boston suffered a devastating fir...
A Brief History of Massachusetts. The coast of what is now Massachusetts was probably skirted by Norsemen in the 11th cent., and Europeans of various nationalities (but mostly English) sailed offshore in the late 16th and early 17th cent. Settlement began when the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower and landed (1620) at a point they named ...
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.
The area was once home to the Massachuset tribe before being settled by colonists in the 17 th century and becoming the birthplace of the American Revolution in the 18 th century. Since then, Boston has grown and transformed over the centuries into the modern, yet still historic, city it is today.
Brief History of Cambridge, Mass. The natural landscape of Massachusetts Bay was shaped by glacial action and the gradually rising sea. Human occupation in Cambridge dates back some eleven to thirteen thousand years to the melting of the last continental ice sheets.
