Final Project: Historic Boston Reference Materials
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1. When was the American Revolution; and, when was the Boston Tea
Party?
--> The American
Revolution took place between 1765 and 1783. The war exactly broke out on April 19th, 1775. The Boston Tea
Party took place on the night of December 16th, 1773.
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2. What did Boston look like at the time of the American
Revolution and the Boston Tea Party? (locate
historically accurate maps of Boston from this time)
--> Below are the three maps of Boston during this time period
1. Manuscript map of the Boston
Harbor by Jeremy Belknap, 1775
2. Manuscript Map of the Battle of
Bunker Hill, 28 Novebmer 1775
3. Manuscript map of the 1787 fire
of Boston, Massachusetts drawn by Jeremy Belknap,
23 April 1787
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3.
How large was Boston during this period of time? (search for maps that show the
scale of historic Boston, so that you can calculate how large Boston actually
was)
--> The scales of these three maps below are given in the maps.
1. 1775 Boston Map by DeCosta
2. 1775 Map by Page: Boston Its Environs and Harbor with the
Rebel Works
3. 1777 Map by Page: Downtown
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All the maps listed in this website are originated from the Library of Congress
- Geography & Map Division
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4.
GIS data; search for GIS data for Boston at the time of American Revolution and
the Boston Tea Party.
--> The website below gives an excellent walk through in terms of analyzing GIS data. This ESRI backed website provides us with the map that has a list of basically everything at Boston, around the American Revolution and the Boston Tea Party era. This specific map records the year of 1775 at Boston.
1. Historical GIS: Boston 1775 Map
Template
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5.
Man-made Structures; what were the most important structures in Boston at the
time of American Revolution and the Boston Tea Party?
--> According to this map, there is a part that reads: "Notes About the Features on the Map." This part tells us that there were exactly 124 buildings that were notable enough to be in a map. All of them are listed in the map and can be found in the right hand side of the entire image. The map denotes important contents of the map in different colors. Those categories are: buildings, streets, bridges, docks, wharfs, fens, fields, open areas, ropewalks, salt fens, and squares. Some notable man-made, artificial structures are listed as followings: Taverns, Concert Hall, Fanueil Hall, Meeting House, Gov. Winthrop's House, Green Barracks, Inns, shipyards, Northwest Water Mill, Trinity Church, and many more. Ships were also one of the essential artificial elements in Boston during the era.
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6.
Natural Structures; what were the most important natural (not man-made)
structures in Boston at the time of American Revolution and the Boston Tea
Party?
--> According to this map, there is a part that reads: "Notes About the Features on the Map." This part tells us that there were multiple historic locations and other named areas that were notable enough to be on a map; and the list of those sites can be found in the right hand side of the entire image. The map denotes important contents of the map in different colors. Those categories are: buildings, streets, bridges, docks, wharfs, fens, fields, open areas, ropewalks, salt fens, and squares. Some notable natural structures are listed as followings: Beacon Hill, Brattle Square, Boston Stone, Barton Point, Liberty Tree, Adam's Wharf, Griffin's Wharf (SITE OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY), and many more.
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http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=251103be9ece4ea3ac1b8f651fb28951--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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