Massachusetts

Massachusetts- est. in 1606

Massachusetts was part of the new english region.

Religions

• A Puritan is a member of the English religious group in the 16th and 17th century who wanted to make church ceremonies simpler and emphasized moral behavior that said many pleasures!
• The puritans wanted a change in religion, so they broke away from England
• The king of England during the puritan age was King James the 1st
• The puritans did not like the religion they were told to follow

The colony of massachusetts was established by Mr. John Winthrop.

geography

• The coastline of massachusetts and its offshore islands are remanants of the last ice age
• the cape cod national seashore is a constantly shifting mass of dunes battered relentlessly by the currents of the atlantic ocean
• there are over 4,000 miles of rivers within massachusetts

What's unique about Massachusetts

• the first sewing machine was built in boston in 1845
• basket ball was invented in 1891 by james naismith in springfield
• the first publis school system was founded in boston in 1635
• the first american lighthouse was built in the boston harbor in 1716

Why you should come to massachusetts

• it's home of the boston cream pie
• when you take a stroll on the boston common, you are visiting the nations first public park
• you can visit the boston public library with around 14,000,000 books
• you can visit the first public beach revere beach

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