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Describe how the city of Boston and the people living there changed between 1850 and 1900. Lisa A Burns
The history of Boston is one of many changes and growth since its renaming in
1630. Going from a small British settlement initially limited to the Shawmut Peninsula to a busy merchant seaport in 1850 to the industrial metropolis by the 1900’s. The changes can be seen in three main areas sizes, population, and ethnic composition. The city more than tripled its sizes by filling in marshes, mud flats, and gaps between wharves down by the waterfront. Starting in 1807, they used the crown of Beacon Hill to fill in a 50acre mill pond area now known as Haymarket Square area. Land reclamation also help created the major parts of the South End and West End and continued into the 1900 s covering a 10 miles radius. The population of Boston grow quickly during the late 1800s like many other American cities. In 1822 the population was 46,226 but by turn of the century it hit over a million mostly due industrialization and immigration. “ In the 1820s, Boston's population grew rapidly, and the city's ethnic composition changed dramatically with the first wave of European immigrants. Irish immigrants dominated the first wave of newcomers during this period, especially following the Irish Potato Famine; by 1850, about 35,000 Irish lived in Boston. In the latter half of the 19th century, the city saw increasing numbers of Irish, Germans,
Lebanese, Syrians, French Canadians, and Russian and Polish Jews settled in the city. By the end of the 19th century, Boston's core neighborhoods had become enclaves of ethnically distinct immigrants—Italians inhabited the North End, Irish dominated South
Boston and Charlestown, and Russian Jews lived in the West End.” From Wikipedia,
"People & Events: Boston's Immigrant Population". WGBH/PBS Online (American
Experience). 2003. Retrieved 20070504.
Many industrialists set up their factories
The history of Boston is one of many changes and growth since its renaming in
1630. Going from a small British settlement initially limited to the Shawmut Peninsula to a busy merchant seaport in 1850 to the industrial metropolis by the 1900’s. The changes can be seen in three main areas sizes, population, and ethnic composition. The city more than tripled its sizes by filling in marshes, mud flats, and gaps between wharves down by the waterfront. Starting in 1807, they used the crown of Beacon Hill to fill in a 50acre mill pond area now known as Haymarket Square area. Land reclamation also help created the major parts of the South End and West End and continued into the 1900 s covering a 10 miles radius. The population of Boston grow quickly during the late 1800s like many other American cities. In 1822 the population was 46,226 but by turn of the century it hit over a million mostly due industrialization and immigration. “ In the 1820s, Boston's population grew rapidly, and the city's ethnic composition changed dramatically with the first wave of European immigrants. Irish immigrants dominated the first wave of newcomers during this period, especially following the Irish Potato Famine; by 1850, about 35,000 Irish lived in Boston. In the latter half of the 19th century, the city saw increasing numbers of Irish, Germans,
Lebanese, Syrians, French Canadians, and Russian and Polish Jews settled in the city. By the end of the 19th century, Boston's core neighborhoods had become enclaves of ethnically distinct immigrants—Italians inhabited the North End, Irish dominated South
Boston and Charlestown, and Russian Jews lived in the West End.” From Wikipedia,
"People & Events: Boston's Immigrant Population". WGBH/PBS Online (American
Experience). 2003. Retrieved 20070504.
Many industrialists set up their factories