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Web browsers | A user interface, UI backend, layout engine and other things are part of what? |
functionalities | The layout engine, rendering engine, user interface and other things are components that offer different what of web browsers? |
Boston | What is the capital of Massachusetts? |
655,884 | What is the approximate population for 2014? |
48 square miles | How many square miles does Boston cover? |
655,884 | What was the population of Boston in 2014 |
48 square miles | How many square miles is Boston? |
24th | What place is Boston in for largest city in the US? |
Massachusetts | Which of the United States is Boston located in? |
48 | How many square miles is the city proper of Boston? |
Greater Boston | The large metropolitan area of Boston is also called what? |
4.7 million people | What is the estimated population of Greater Boston? |
Boston | What is the capital and largest city in Massachusetts? |
1630 | When was Boston founded? |
Shawmut Peninsula | Where was Boston Founded? |
Boston Massacre | List one major event that took place in Boston. |
20 million | How many people visit Faneuil Hall annually? |
1630 | What year was Boston founded? |
the Shawmut Peninsula | What is the name of the peninsula Boston was founded on? |
tourists | Bostons rich history attracts many what each year? |
20 million | The Faneuil Hall draws over how many tourists to Boston each year? |
businesses and institutions | What ranks in the top of the country for investment? |
philanthropy | Households in Boston claim the highest average rate of what in the United States? |
environmental sustainability and investment | Bostons businesses rank top in the country for what? |
The city has one of the highest costs of living | Where does Boston rank as far as cost of living in the United States? |
high | How does Boston rank on world livability? |
colleges and universities | Boston is internationally known for education and medicine because of its many what? |
Trimountaine | What was the name before the city was called Boston? |
Trimountaine | What did Boston's early settlers call the area? |
three mountains | What does Trimountaine mean? |
1630 | What year was the city renamed Boston? |
Puritan colonists from England | Who named the city Boston? |
fresh water | What were the puritan colonists searching for when they came to Boston? |
1629 | What year was the Cambridge Agreement signed? |
1635 | America's first public school was founded in Boston in what year? |
John Winthrop | Who was Massachusetts first governor? |
four | How many french and Indian wars did Boston participate in? |
John Winthrop | Who led the signing of the Cambridge Agreement? |
the American Revolution | Boston became one of the wealthiest international ports after what war? |
seafaring tradition | What long held tradition helped make Boston a wealthy port? |
the American Revolution | Boston was the location of many important events of what war? |
The Embargo Act of 1807 | What act was put in place during the Napoleonic wars and the war of 1812? |
The Embargo Act of 1807 | What act cut down on Boston's harbor activity? |
manufacturing | What became an important part of the city's economy during the Napoleonic Wars and the war of 1812? |
19th century | In what century was manufacturing more important to Boston than trade? |
the early 20th century | When did Boston stop being known for it's garment production and leather goods? |
Boston Brahmins | What was the name given to old Boston families? |
Boston Brahmins | Who came to be known as the nation's social elites? |
literary life | Boston was admired for what kind of life? |
artistic patronage | Boston improved culturally because of its generous what? |
slave trade | Boston was overtaken by Salem, Massachusetts in what type of trade? |
the abolitionist movement | What movement did Boston become the center of after it stopped slave trade? |
the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 | What law involving slaves did the city react strongly to? |
Franklin Pierce | What President attempted to make an example out of Boston due to it's view on the Anthony Burns Fugitive Slave Case? |
the Town of Boston | What was the City of Boston's name before it was the City of Boston? |
1822 | What year was the name changes to the City of Boston? |
a city | Boston was chartered as what in 1822? |
about 46,226 | What was the population of Boston in 1822? |
4.7 square miles | How many square miles was the city in 1822? |
Boston's population grew rapidly | How did Boston's population change in the 1820's? |
the city's ethnic composition | The first Europen immigrants arrival changed what in Boston? |
about 35,000 | What was the estimated population of Irish people living in Boston in 1850? |
Roman Catholicism | What religion did Irish and Italian immigrants bring with them to Boston? |
Catholics | What is Bostons largest religious group today? |
the crown of Beacon Hill | What was used to fill a mill pond that became the Haymarket Square? |
State House | What sits on Beacon Hill today? |
The Great Boston Fire of 1872 | What famous disaster happened in Boston in 1872? |
as landfill along the downtown waterfront | What was the rubble from the Great Boston Fire used for? |
20th century | During what century did businesses move out of Boston to find cheaper labor? |
the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) | Projects to renew the city were put into place by what? |
with vociferous public opposition. | How did the people of Boston react to the demolition of the West End? |
1965 | What year did the first community health center in the US open? |
the Dorchester neighborhood | Where was Colombia Point Health Center located? |
Geiger-Gibson Community Health Center | In 1990, the Colombia Point Health Center was renamed what? |
The Boston Globe | The New York Times bought what famous Boston newspaper? |
Bank of America | Who bought FleetBoston Financial? |
2004 | What year did Bank of America buy FleetBoston Fonancial? |
Macy's | Two Boston department stores merged to form what Cincinnati based department store? |
Jordan Marsh and Filene's | What department stores merged to form Macy's? |
April 15, 2013 | On what date did bombs go off at the Boston marathon? |
near the finish line | At what point of the Marathon were the bombs exploded? |
three | How many fatalities were there at the marathon? |
264 | About how many people were injured in the explosion? |
89.6 square miles | What is the total area of Boston? |
48.4 square miles | How many square miles of land is Boston? |
41.2 square miles | How many square miles of water is Boston? |
19 ft | How many feet above sea level is the City of Boston? |
oceanic coastline | Boston is the only state capital in the contiguous US to have what type of coastline? |
Greater Boston | What is the name of the region that surrounds Boston? |
The Charles River | What river seperates Boston from Charlestown? |
To the east | What direction from Boston is Boston Harbor? |
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | Calf Island and Green Island are considered part of what National Recreation Area? |
city of neighborhoods | What s Boston sometimes called? |
23 neighborhoods | How many neighborhoods are in Boston? |
Office of Neighborhood Services | What division of the City Government designated the 23 neighborhoods? |
More than two-thirds | How much of Inner Bostons land area did not exist when the city was founded? |
tidal areas | The modern land area was created by the gradual filling in of surrounding what? |
Trimountain | Tremont Street is named after what original hill in Boston? |
the Back Bay | A train full of gravel came from Needham to fill what? |
the Back Bay | The Boston Public Library is located in what part of Boston? |
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