Boston is in a republic.
One of the oldest cities in the United States , Boston was founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England .	United States	United States	Shawmut Peninsula	Shawmut Peninsula	Puritan	Puritan	England	England
The United States of America -LRB- USA -RRB- , commonly known as the United States -LRB- U.S. -RRB- or America , is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions .	territories	Territories of the United States	constitutional	constitutional	federal republic	federal republic	states	U.S. state	federal district	Washington, D.C.	self-governing territories	Territories of the United States	various possessions	United States Minor Outlying Islands
