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December 16, 1773: A crowd of Boston citizens, disguised as Indians, stormed British ships.  In protest against an increase of the tea tax, the men threw 45 tons of tea into the waters of the Boston harbor.  This action that shed no blood would later go down in history books as the “Boston Tea Party” and was the start of many similar actions in the following months. The uprising of the people of Boston against the British colonial power finally culminated in 1775 with the American Revolutionary War.

Around 30 years after John Adams, who later became Vice President of the USA, declared the city’s independence from the balcony of the Old State House, Boston with its 600,000 residents became the largest city in New England and the capital of Massachusetts, on the east coast of the United States. Tourists still walk in the footsteps of the independence movement. The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile long path that leads to 16 memorable sites. From Boston Common, the oldest public park in the USA, a red cobblestone line goes past the State House, the seat of the state government, the Old State House, the home of national hero Paul Revere, who participated in the Boston Tea Party and the Old North Church, the oldest church in the city. The Freedom Trail ends at the Bunker Hill Monument. Here is where the bloodiest battle against the British during the Revolutionary War took place in June of 1775.  A museum informs visitors about that historical event. Those that manage to climb the 294 steps of the neighboring granite obelisk will be rewarded with a fantastic view of Boston.

An even better outlook and mostly more comfortable to reach the top with the elevator, can be found in the John Hancock Observatory, the tallest building in Boston. At a height of 755 feet you have a breathtaking panoramic view of the entire city. On clear days the surround buildings are reflected in the mirrored facade.

Besides skyscrapers, Boston also has some of the most important art museums in the USA, for example, the Museum of Fine Arts with paintings from Rembrandt, El Greco, van Gogh and Gauguin. In the Museum of Science not only children playfully learn new things about science. The Hayden Planetarium also belongs to the museum, in which not only stars can be marveled at, but also laser shows. An IMAX cinema, a theater with a huge screen and a butterfly garden also belong to the premises. The New England Aquarium attracts not only with hundreds of different fish species, penguins and turtles, but it also offers tours to observe humpback whales and dolphins.

If you have a car and a weekend of time, you should drive south along the I - 93 to Cape Cod. It is 125 miles from Boston to the northern tip of the curved peninsula. The former fishing and whaling province has turned to a popular recreational area over the last decades. Even presidents, actors and models swear by the long beaches and cozy places. Even more exclusive than Cape Cod is the island to the south, Martha’s Vineyard. Since getting there is not very easy, wealthy Americans stay amongst themselves there. Tourist destination number one, on the other hand, is Provincetown up in the northern part. Here small restaurants, antique stores and souvenir shops are lined up next to each other. Those that want more peace and quiet should exit a bit earlier from the highway.

A fight over tea is what made Boston a historical and culturally interesting city. Discover the capital city of Massachusetts!