Today, it is a global leader in biotechnology and high-tech research, particularly in areas like Kendall Square. Culture and Lifestyle Coming of the American Revolution: Boston Tea Party

The city is the birthplace of the telephone (1876), the microwave (1945), and the first subway system in the U.S. (1897).

A famous political protest where colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor to protest "taxation without representation".

The region is home to world-renowned institutions like Harvard University (the oldest in the U.S.) and MIT .

A deadly confrontation between British soldiers and a crowd of colonists that further fueled revolutionary sentiment.