Boston travel will take you to one of the oldest cities in America and a place where many people demanded and enjoyed many of the freedoms that are still a vital part of what it means to be an American today.

Many American colonial cities contributed to the founding of the country, but Boston is where the cries for freedom from tyranny were first heard early, and often. The English Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who were looking for religious freedom, first arrived in Charleston, specifically, during June 1630. Then, in September, the town of Boston was officially founded. Many of the colonists were from Boston in Lincolnshire, England, so they adopted the name for their new town.

During the next 140 years, Boston grew in population and importance as a major seaport. Its citizen also wanted educational freedom, with Boston being the location of the first school in America, Boston Latin School, and the first college, Harvard. During the 1770s, Boston became the hotbed, initially, for freedom from unfair taxation, and then, the revolution for total freedom from Britain. James Otis, Samuel Adams and other leaders provided the words and speeches to motivate the citizenry of Boston to demand their freedom. The cries for freedom quickly turned to violence during the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770, when British soldiers shot five citizens, among many protesting in the streets.