• England

Colonizing
country

• English settlers, the Pilgrims, at

First
Plymouth
settlers

• In the early 17th century

Period

On February 6, 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the United
States Constitution.
 • The men aboard the Mayflower signed the Mayflower Compact,
1620 agreeing to write and obey ‘’just and equal laws’’ in the new land.

The "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the pilgrims after their first harvest
in the New World in October 1621. This party lasted three days, attended by 90
1621 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims. They were like days of prayer of
thanksgiving to God for blessings like military victory or the end of a drought.

1773 • Boston Tea Party

• The first battles of the American Revolution were fought in

1775 Lexington and Concord, where 95 Americans and 273 British died.
 Massachusetts has played a leading role in American politics since the arrival of
the first colonists. In the 18th century, spurred by a booming maritime trade,
Massachsetts colonists revolted against trade restrictions imposed by Great Britain.
British attempts to put down the revolt resulted in the 1770 Boston Massacre, which
became a rallying cry to action. In 1773, angered by a new British imposed tax on
tea, colonists raided three British merchant ships and dumped their cargo of tea into
Boston Harbor known as the Boston Tea Party, This tax revolt against the crown set
the stage for the battles that started the American Revolution.
In the 19th century Massachusetts became the center of the World´s whaling
industry, bringing unprecedented wealth to the islands of Nantucket and Martha´s
Vineyard, whose ports are still lined with grand sea captain´s homes. Also, the state
became a center of the textile, woolen and tanning industries, which often bired
women and inmmigrants at low pay.
1991- present. The ‘’Big Data’’ a huge, almost completed highway-tunnel
Project in Boston, will spur economic vitality and ease congestion. It was the first
state to legalize gay marriage in 2004.
Capital: Boston

Major cities: Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Cambridge, Lowell, Brockton,

New Bedford, Quincy, Lynn.

The economy is based on industries of electrical equipment, machinary, metal

products, scientific instruments, printing and publishing, tourism and agriculture
products like fruits, nuts and berries, nursery stock, dairy products.
New England has a great variety of landscapes from the woodsy hills of the
Berkshires to the sandy beaches of Cape Cod. In Massachsetts you can explore
Plymouth, ‘America´s hometown’; walk the Freedom Trail in Boston, where the
first shots of the American Revolution rang out; and hit the cobbled streets od the
old whaling village of Nantucket. Boston offers all the accoutrements – from
world – class museums to edgy nightlife – you´d expect of a great college town.
Provincetown´s a gay-extravaganza whirl like no other, Northampon´s got the
coolest café scene this side of New York, and Martha´s Vineyard offers the
perfect family vacation. .
 Local traditions, music or food

The Boston Marathon is recognised as one of the five World Marathon Majors, and the Big
E - Eastern States Exposition which attracts close to one and a half million fairgoers.
Boston St Patrick's Day Parade (mid March), Boston Harborfest (July).

People have traditions like sliding cranberry sauce out of the can during the holidays and
going to the beach on July 4 to watch the fireworks.

There are several genres of rock, as well as classical, folk, and hip hop music.

Massachusetts is a hub for apple cider doughnuts or maple sugar candy, Portuguese pastries
and uber-fresh seafood, like oysters and fried clams.

 Birthplace of Agriculturalist Johnny Applessed (1774 – 1845), inventor Benjamin

Franklin (1706 – 90), five presidents including John F. Kennedy (1917 – 63), authors
Jack Kerouac (1922 – 69) and Henry David Thoreau(1817 – 62)