McKinley Square

Lots of the sites along the Freedom Trail are directly linked to the American Revolution. Walking along the trail is a lesson in partly unfamiliar history. Far too much to remember everything.

So just a few notes with a reminder to self to read up more on the American Revolution

👆 Massachusetts State House - build 1795 - 1798 was a model for the US Capitol Building in Washington.
👆 Boston Massacre - one of the most inflammatory events leading up to the American Revolution. Angry British colonists taunted British guardsmen who opened fire and killed five. Not the sort of number one would expect when hearing 'massacre'.
👆Old South Meeting House - in the days leading up to the American Revolution, citizens gathered here to challenge British rule, protesting against the Boston Massacre and the tea tax.
👆Old State House - was the seat of the colonial British government between 1713 and 1776 as well as a merchant exchange. It's wine cellar now functions as a downtown subway station
👆 Faneuil Hall - functioned simultaneously as a public market (1st floor) and town meeting place (2nd floor). Nicknamed the 'cradle of liberty' as the building hosted revolutionary figures such as Samuel Adams who rallied against British oppression. Faneuil Hall also became a historic forum for anti-slavery and women's suffrage speeches. Today it serves as a site where new citizens take the oath of allegiance
👆Old North Church - played an important role in the first battle of the American Revolution as Paul Revere learns that the British Army is preparing to march to Concord to capture the weapons stashed away by the colonists. Lanterns in the North Church alert the colonists on which route the British are going to take: 'one if by land, two if by sea'
👆Boston Tea Party - was the result of a series of events that steadily aroused the ire of colonists who considered themselves British subjects and should have the same rights and privileges as any subjects that lived in England including representation in Parliament. England was imposing laws, regulations, monopolies, and taxes (like Sugar Act, Stamp Act and finally the Tea Act) on the people of the American colonies but denying them any say in the matters. To protest against the Tea Act, colonists, some disguised as American Indians, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company to Boston

A lot of history to read up on 😳Read more