The course explores Boston from the 1600's to the present day. Learn about the Massachusett Indians who lived on the land we now know as Boston before the Puritans arrived. Discover how these settlers created a system of self government so strong that Boston became the most democratic community on the planet and the birthplace of the Revolutionary War. Trace the city's role in the American anti-slavery movement and the Civil War.
Understand how Boston remains revolutionary to this day, redefining education, the arts and medicine by creating some of the best museums, orchestras, hospitals and schools in the world.
The course includes a virtual tour of Boston, featuring many of the city's best known landmarks and sites like the Freedom Trail, USS Constitution, State House, Harbor Islands, Waterworks Museum, Lowell Mills, Old North Church, Kings Chapel, Boston Common, Faneuil Hall, the Esplanade, African Meeting House and more. It also features interviews with many of Boston's most fascinating activists, artists, scholars and politicians that provide perspective on Boston's influence on culture and politics.
completes a Confederate river ironclad.
