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Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts with a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census, serving as the cultural and financial center of New England in the Northeastern United States. Founded on Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by English Puritan settlers led by John Winthrop and named after Boston, Lincolnshire in England, the city played a pivotal role in American independence through events including the Boston Massacre (1770), Boston Tea Party (1773), and the Siege of Boston (1775-1776). Boston established numerous national firsts including the first public park (Boston Common, 1634), first public school (Boston Latin School, 1635), and first subway system (Tremont Street subway, 1897), and has since emerged as a global leader in higher education, biotechnology, and research. The city's economy is led by finance, professional services, information technology, and government, with nearly 5,000 startup companies making it a global pioneer in innovation, entrepreneurship, and artificial intelligence. The Greater Boston metropolitan area has a population of 4.9 million as of 2023, ranking it as the eleventh-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, located 9 miles west of Downtown Boston in the Greater Boston area with a 2020 population of 65,218. As the original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the first integrated textile mill in the United States established by Francis Cabot Lowell in the early 19th century, Waltham became a prototype for industrial city planning and the center of the Waltham-Lowell system of labor and production that shaped the American Industrial Revolution. Known as "Watch City," Waltham earned this nickname through the Waltham Watch Company, which opened its factory in 1854 as the first to manufacture watches on an assembly line, produced over 35 million watches and instruments before closing in 1957, and won a gold medal at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Today, Waltham is a major center for research and higher education, hosting both Brandeis University and Bentley University. The city's industrial heritage also includes the brass era automobile manufacturer Metz, which built the first production motorcycle in the United States, and Raytheon, where Percy Spencer invented the magnetron tube technology later used in radar and microwave ovens. Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in Middlesex County located directly across the Charles River from Boston, with a 2020 population of 118,403 making it the fourth-largest city in Massachusetts and ninth-most populous in New England. Founded in December 1630 during the colonial era, Cambridge played a pivotal role in the American Revolution when approximately 16,000 American patriots assembled at Cambridge Common in May 1775, and George Washington arrived there on July 2, 1775, to command the Continental Army, making it the birthplace of that military force. The city is home to Harvard University, founded in 1636 as the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which operates a 168-acre campus there. Kendall Square, near MIT, has been called "the most innovative square mile on the planet" and hosted over 250 biotech companies by 2022, with more than 120 concentrated in the Kendall Square ZIP Code since 2010. Cambridge was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, reflecting the Puritan theology of the town's founders.