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    services, two insurance buildings dominate Boston’s skyline. The Hancock Tower and the Prudential Center are structures that display the uneven change and the urban development that has occurred in this city over the course 19th century. Located in back bay these edifices work with the directionalities of their adjacent streets and the cultural history of the structures that surround them. Boston’s foundation was composed in a manner that designated and organized space. This creates the tension and

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    the other side argues that gentrification is a form of institutionalized racism that replaces low-income families and dramatically increases rates of homelessness. The negative effects of this issue could not be anymore clear. In major cities like Boston, the cost of living has skyrocketed just in the last five years. This process of removing housing districts to increase the neighborhood’s value is negatively affecting low-income families, primarily people of color, while wealthy middle to upper-class

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    Boston’s Transformation Boston, Massachusetts is the birthplace of the American Revolution due to the multiple historic events that took place within this city. Following this transformation, Boston became known for the great invention of the railroads and other contributions that have made America what it is today. Many residents of the city saw the multiple changes as steps to greatness and success for their families. Ultimately, the city of Boston and the people living there changed between

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    South End is close to downtown Boston and neighbors the Back Bay. In the 1840s Boston was overcrowded and needed to expand. Boston decided to add more land. To make this possible the marsh land was filled in with soil from Needham to form what is now the south end During the mid 1840s the population in Boston significantly increased. The Irish immigrants wanted to escape the potato famine, so they came to Boston. The city's population grew from 93,383 to 136,88. In the 1850s the South End began

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    Jamestown and the Massachusetts Bay Colony had many similarities and differences. Many of these differences were due to their physical location and climatic conditions. The success of both colonies can be contributed to strong leadership and the characteristics of the personalities of the settlers that inhabited each settlement. Many of the early problems in both settlements can be contributed to a lack of knowledge on the parts of the settlers along with attacks from neighboring Native American

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    Brandee Meyer Boston from 1850-1900 There was no time in Boston that was most emphasized, than the 1850’s to 1900’s. In the city of Boston there were a lot of changes that had occurred between the second half of the 19th century, not only with the city but also with the people living in Boston. Boston has always been changing and in transition. Boston had changed majorly from being the merchant city to the industrial metropolis. The population of people went up about ¾ in 50 years of its

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    When we look back in time to the 17th century we think about how the new world started to develop into more colonies and expanding, however, religion was also being developed at that time because the puritan society had traveled to the new world in Massachusetts bay in order to stop being persecuted by the church of England. In Massachusetts Bay, they were able to teach and spread their religion. The Puritan society had become so obsessed with their religion that they started to make people attend

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    reader. It begins with Paul talking to a friend about the British soldiers leaving Boston, but they don't know if the soldiers will go by land or by sea. So they come up with a plan: Paul's friend will signal him by hanging lanterns on the belfry tower "One, if by land, and two, if by sea". Paul then rows to Charlestown to wait for the signal. The second stanza begins to describe Paul rowing quietly across the bay in the dead of night. "Then he said, 'Good-night!' and with muffled oar, silently rowed

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    City of Boston, Massachusetts The major cities of the United States are all very interesting, after I analyzed my decision; I decided to research the great city of Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was founded on September 17, 1630 and has a rich historical background making it a very important city in the United States. “The city of Boston was the home to several important events during the American Revolution such as: the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, the Siege of Boston, Battle of Lexington

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    Company was nearly a state within a state and at one time supported an army of 10,000 men and a fleet of 190 ships, 40 of them men-of-war. This company hired an English explorer, Henry Hudson, to seek great riches.  He sailed into the Delaware Bay and New York Bay in 1609 and then ascended the Hudson River.  He filed a Dutch claim to a wooded and watered area.  The Dutch West India Company was less powerful than the Dutch East India Company, and was based in the Caribbean.  It was more interested in

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