Community Assessment: Boston, Massachusetts

Community Assessment: Boston, MassachusettsStudent’s Name:Department & Institution of Affiliation:Course:Professor:Date:Community Assessment: Boston, MassachusettsHistory of Boston, Massachusetts Boston is an important is an important community in the United States that is perceived as the birth place of American Revolution. In this regard, this community has experienced many historic events. The area was originally inhabited by Massachusetts tribe of Native Americans, who referred to the area as Shawmut. Later in 1614, Captain John Smith created diplomatic ties with the tribe living in the area and published an article referring to it as the “New England” to appeal to white colonialists. In 1618, there was a spread of small pox and yellow fever that led to the death of many Indian settlers (Ratman, 2014). During this period, a member of the colonial group that had failed to conquer Weymouth moved to this region. The clergymen, Blackstone, isolated himself from the rest of the community. In 1630, Puritans illegally moved to New England to stop religious persecution in England (Ratman, 2014). They took advantage of the fact that the company they operated, Massachusetts Bay Company, was offered a charter by Charles