Compare the challenges faced by Richard Smith in New York City and by British soldiers and their families in Boston as newcomers on the landscape of eighteenth-century North America. Which city seems to have been more receptive to outsiders?

Pre-Revolutionary colonial cities

Both Golden Hill and The Boston Massacre tell stories that are in part about the experiences of strangers who arrive in pre-Revolutionary colonial cities. Compare the challenges faced by Richard Smith in New York City and by British soldiers and their families in Boston as newcomers on the landscape of eighteenth-century North America. Which city seems to have been more receptive to outsiders?