Massachusetts: The Bay State

• Other nickname: The Old Colony
• Capital: Boston
• Major Cities:
  • Springfield
  • Lowell
  • Worcester
• Major Geographical Features
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Massachusetts Bay
  • Cape Cod Bay
  • Nantucket Sound
  • Buzzards Bay
  • Cape Cod
  • Nantucket Island
  • Martha' s Vineyard (island)
  • Taconic Mountains
  • Berkshire Hills
  • Connecticut River
  • St. Charles River
  • Merrimack River
• National Parks: none
• 1620: Pilgrims establish colony at Plymouth
• 1634: Boston Common is established
  • Boston Common is the oldest public park in the United States
• 1636: Harvard University established
  • Harvard is the oldest university in the United States
• 1653: 1st public library in America established
• 1775: American Revolution begins at Lexington and Concord
• 1788: Massachusetts becomes the 6th state
• 1806: The African Meeting House in Boston is built
  • It is the first church built by free African-Americans
• Motto: "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty"
• Name Meaning: "Great Mountain Place" in an unknown Native American dialect
• Industries:
  • Cranberries
    • Massachusetts yields the nation's largest cranberry crop
  • Clams, oysters, and lobsters
  • Tourism
• Salem is famous for its witch trials in the 17th century
• 1st American railroad is in Quincy, Massachusetts
• Massachusetts is home to 65 public and private colleges and univerities
• The USS Constitution in Boston is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat in the world
• Famous People
  • John Adams
  • John Quincy Adams
  • John F. Kennedy
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Samuel Adams
  • Emily Dickenson
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • John Hancock
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Paul Revere