References: Boston City Hall‚ December 2010 Boston City Hall (built 1969) is the seat of the municipal government of Boston‚ Massachusetts.[2] Architecturally‚ it is an example of thebrutalist style Boston City Hall‚ 1981 The upper stories contain the city’s office space‚ used by civil servants not visited frequently by the public‚ such as the administrative
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which had all of the acts and laws restricting colonists to do certain things during that time. The second group was the "big events group" which had all of the major events that the British did when controlling the colonists like the Boston Tea Party or the Boston Massacre. The final group was the "map‚ charts‚ etc. group" which had the charts or
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Boston College was established in 1863 by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) to teach Boston’s prevalently Irish‚ Catholic foreigner group. It opened its entryways on September 5‚ 1864‚ in an expanding on Harrison Avenue in Boston’s South End‚ a "little streetcar school" for driving understudies. When it exceeded the impediments of the space‚ then-president Rev. Thomas I. Gasson‚ S.J.‚ purchased 31 sections of land of the previous Lawrence Farm in Chestnut Hill‚ Massachusetts‚ and kicked things
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demanded their rights‚ such as Kathrine Switzer. Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston marathon in the United States. She was violently asked quit the marathon and she strongly refused. Due to her courage and boldness‚ women can freely participate in running marathon nowadays. Although she created an uproar in the 1967 Boston marathon‚ Kathrine challenged the all-male tradition of the Boston Marathon and became the first woman to officially enter and run the event. Kathrine was born
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but for the most part the story takes place in Boston. The story first takes place in the Lapham household in the early 1770’s. The setting soon becomes the Lyte’s mansion‚ the courthouse‚ and various shops in Boston for a while. Finally the setting stays in one place for most of the book when Johnny moves into the Boston Observer shop. Some of the major themes are war transforms boys into men‚ war‚ pride‚ and forgiveness. Since the setting is Boston‚ where the British soldier
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1--------------------------------------------------- Boston Beer‚ in response to consumers’ preference changes to more flavorful and bitter tasting brews‚ was founded in 1894. Boston Beer implements a “quality at any cost” strategy with a strong emphasis on product differentiation and implementing quality ingredients into its products. For instance‚ Boston Beer was the first company to employ a stamped freshness date on its bottles and ingredients are imported from around the world. Additionally‚ Boston Beer relies heavily on
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British authority because he could be sent to prison and put on trial for treason against England. Also‚ Paul Revere displayed courage. It takes courage to defy your nation and plot to break away from them. He displays courage when he is involved in the Boston Tea Party‚ and his famous
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Britain. They did this by intimidating British officials and running them out of the cities and towns. The Sons were successful in many situations‚ with British officials fleeing for their lives. The most famous resistance effort was that of the Boston Tea Party in December of 1773. The Sons put out a formal declaration in New York City which formally stated their opposition to the Tea Act passed by the British parliament. The declaration said that anyone who assisted in helping to enforce the
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On March 5‚ 1770‚ British soldiers were badgered to the point of outrage by a small group of boys (Wheeler and Becker‚ 75). The soldiers eventually retaliated at the group and the church bells started ringing alarming the town that a fire had broken out only leading the numbers in the crowd to increase (Wheeler and Becker‚ 75). Captain Thomas Preston and his sentry were called to the scene to assist. However‚ their attempts to redirect the crowd were unsuccessful. It is at this point that a
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The Ponce Massacre took place in Ponce‚ Puerto Rico on March 21‚ 1937‚ when the American colonial police opened fire on a civil manifestation organized by the Partido Nacionalista of Puerto Rico. The Partido Nacionalista (Nationalist Party) organized a march to protest for the jailing of their leaders and commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the island by Spanish courts. That morning‚ Colonel Orbeta‚ the chief of police‚ traveled to Ponce with the intention of prohibiting the Nationalist
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