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Founding of Boston
In September 1630, Puritan leader John Winthrop named the Shawmut Peninsula settlement Boston, making it the political and economic center of the new…
Timeline
- 1630Shawmut Peninsula · MassachusettsWinthrop's fleet first reached Charlestown, but due to freshwater and land conditions, the settlers gradually moved to the Shawmut Peninsula, where they made contact and traded with local Indigenous peoples.
- 1630Boston · MassachusettsColonial court records named the settlement Boston, after the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England; it soon developed into a center of port, trade, and religious governance.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Boston https://www.britannica.com/place/Boston
- Massachusetts Historical Society: Founding of Boston https://www.masshist.org