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nounstate capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial servicespart of:
Definition that contains boston
- charles a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
- constitution a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
- adams American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
- cambridge a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- gardner United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924)
- concord town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
- lexington town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
- charlestown a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629
- gloucester a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries
- hutchinson American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)