Colonial Boston

E191710

historical city political center port city

Colonial Boston was a major 17th- and 18th-century New England port and political center that became a focal point of religious life, commerce, and revolutionary activity in British North America.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Puritan Boston	2
Revolutionary-era Boston	2
Colonial Boston canonical	1
Colonial era Boston	1
Town of Boston (colonial)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical city ⓘ political center ⓘ port city ⓘ
associatedWith	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution Committees of Correspondence ⓘ surface form: Committee of Correspondence Sons of Liberty ⓘ
capitalOf	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts (U.S. state) Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
colonialPower	Great Britain ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
economyBasedOn	Atlantic trade ⓘ fishing ⓘ rum trade ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ shipping ⓘ
founded	1630 ⓘ
foundedBy	Puritan settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
governedBy	Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
hasInstitution	Faneuil Hall ⓘ King's Chapel ⓘ surface form: King’s Chapel Massachusetts State House (colonial sites) ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts State House (colonial) Old North Church ⓘ Old South Meeting House ⓘ
hasPortOn	Boston Harbor ⓘ
hasRole	center of revolutionary activity ⓘ commercial center ⓘ major seaport ⓘ religious center ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America New England ⓘ Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
majorReligion	Congregationalism ⓘ Puritanism ⓘ
namedAfter	Boston, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
notableEvent	Boston Massacre ⓘ Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Boston Port Act closure Boston Tea Party ⓘ Siege of Boston ⓘ Stamp Act protests ⓘ Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ⓘ surface form: Townshend Acts protests
notablePerson	James Otis Jr. ⓘ John Adams ⓘ John Hancock ⓘ Paul Revere ⓘ Samuel Adams ⓘ
originalName	Trimountaine ⓘ
partOf	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
presentIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
presentState	Massachusetts ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel Mather → placeOfActivity → Colonial Boston ⓘ

Revolutionary Spaces → theme → Colonial Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revolutionary-era Boston

Bostonian Society → primaryTheme → Colonial Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revolutionary-era Boston

Roger Chillingworth → livesIn → Colonial Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan Boston

King Street → governedBy → Colonial Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: King Street (Boston)

this entity surface form: Town of Boston (colonial)

Robert Howard → locatedInTimePeriod → Colonial Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial era Boston

Prynne → setInContext → Colonial Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puritan Boston