Pirates, Privateers & the Dangerous Waters of Colonial Boston
Boston’s harbor connected the town to an Atlantic world of merchants, privateers, smugglers, sailors—and pirates.
Read MoreKing Philip’s War: The Conflict That Nearly Destroyed New England
The brutal 1675–1676 conflict transformed Native and colonial New England and left scars that shaped Boston’s future.
Read MoreThe Great Fire of 1676: The Night Boston Burned
A devastating seventeenth-century fire exposed just how vulnerable early Boston was to flame, crowding, and wooden construction.
Read MoreJohn Winthrop’s Boston: The City Upon a Hill
John Winthrop’s famous vision helped shape Boston’s civic mythology—but the reality of Puritan Massachusetts was far more complicated.
Read More1630: The Ships That Brought Boston Into Being
In 1630, a Puritan migration transformed a small peninsula into the nucleus of one of English America’s most consequential towns.
Read MoreBefore Boston: The World the Massachusett People Knew
Before Boston was a colonial town, this coast was home to Indigenous communities with deep political, economic, and spiritual ties to the land and sea.
Read MoreCelebrating American Entrepreneurship
Boston Made, Inc. publishes an official newsroom update: Celebrating American Entrepreneurship.
Read MoreThe Role of Entrepreneurship in Building Strong Communities
Boston Made, Inc. publishes an official newsroom update: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Building Strong Communities.
Read MoreWhy Independent Media Matters More Than Ever
Boston Made, Inc. publishes an official newsroom update: Why Independent Media Matters More Than Ever.
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