Freedom Trail Research Paper

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The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long path through downtown Boston, Massachusetts and passes through 16 locations which is significant to the history of the United States. It consists of Boston Commons, the Massachusetts State House, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King’s Chapel, King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Benjamin Franklin Statue and Boston Latin School, Old Corner Book Store, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Site of Boston Massacre, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere House, Old North Church, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, Bunker Hill Monument, and the USS Constitution.
Boston Commons is the oldest public park. The Puritan colonists bought the land rights to the Common’s 44 acres, 30 pounds, from the first settler of the area,
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On March 5, Private White who was a guard at the Custom’s house in King’s House (present-day State Street) shot young Edward Garrick in the face for insulting his commanding officer. White was soon surrounded by an angry mob that threw taunts and snowballs at him, which launched the Boston Massacre.
Faneuil Hall, built by Peter Faneuil a wealthy merchant, as a center of commerce in 1742. While Boston’s landmark market stalls on the first floor house successful shops, today it is the second floor meeting hall with a greater legacy.
Paul Revere House is a wooden structure and the oldest building in downtown Boston since 1680. Paul Revere bought the building in 1770 when he was 35 years old and he paid 53 pounds, 6 shillings, and 8 pence having a mortgage of 160 pounds. He was residing in the house on the night he made his famous ride to Lexington that was memorialize by Longfellow’s famous poem Paul Revere’s Ride.
Old North Church, also known as Christ Church in the city of Boston, is the oldest standing church building in Boston. It first opened its doors to worshippers on December 29, 1723,. It is also the tallest church in Boston of 191 feet tall and could play a role in the American