tour dates

1634

Boston Common established

1765-1775

Period of resistance and rebellion in Boston

1766

Stamp Act repealed, Hancock mansion opened

October 1768

British troops arrive in Boston, initially staying on the Common

1630

Boston founded by English Puritans and King’s Chapel burying ground established

1830

When livestock was no longer grazed on the Common

Mid-19th c

Back Bay filled in with land from Beacon Hill

1798

MA State House completed, designed by Charles Bulfinch

January 2015

Time capsule found in front cornerstone of State House, placed there by Samuel Adams (governor at the time) and Paul Revere. Mostly contained 17th and 18th c coins

1795

Dedication of MA State Capitol

1874

Copper on dome of State Capitol replaced with gold

1997

Last time the Capitol dome was gilded

1686

King’s Chapel built

1763

Seven Years War/French and Indian war ends; British govt in double their debt

March 1765

Stamp Act put in place

August 14,1765

Violent mob tears up the office, burns the carriage, and attacks the warehouses of Andrew Oliver, the stamp distributor for MA, and demand that he resign (the next day he does)

February 1766

Stamp Act repealed

April 1635

Boston Latin school founded, Boston’s first public school and the oldest in the country

1745

Original wooden BLS building torn down

1972

When girls were admitted to BLS

1729

Old South Meeting House built

December 16, 1773

People gather at Old South Meeting House to protest the Tea Act before throwing tea in the harbor

1773

Phillis Wheatley becomes the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry

1713

Old State House built, where colonial legislature and royal governor went to work