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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 89. Chapters: Populated places established in 1630, States and territories established in 1630, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Newton, Massachusetts, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Medford, Massachusetts, Everett, Massachusetts, Watertown, Massachusetts, Somerville, Massachusetts, South Portland, Maine, Revere, Massachusetts, Boston, Dorchester, Boston, Bergen, New Netherland, Manor of Rensselaerswyck, Swedish Pomerania, Roxbury, Boston, Weymouth, Massachusetts, Scituate, Massachusetts, Nahant, Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Court, Dutch Brazil, Guaratingueta, Savin Hill, First Church in Boston, Sumitomo Group, Sulkava, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Accademia degli Incogniti, Uphams Corner, Santa Giustina, Venice. Excerpt: Boston (pronounced ) is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had a population of 617,594 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region includes six Massachusetts counties: Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, Worcester, northern Bristol County, all of Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire; it is home to 7.6 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States. In 1630, Puritan colonists from England founded the city on the Shawmut Peninsula. During the late 18th century, Boston was the location of several major events during the American Revolution, including the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. Several early battl...
