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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?