Massachusetts
New England colony
Massachusetts is a state in the northeastern United States, one of the original thirteen colonies and a center of American revolutionary history.
Boston is its capital and largest city.
The name comes from the Massachusett people, an Algonquian nation.
She went to college in Massachusetts.
Informally shortened to Mass.
Massachusetts state capital
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
- WorcesterHistoric English cathedral city
- SpringfieldCommon American placename
- LowellMassachusetts textile city
Salem · Plymouth · Berkshires · Fenway · Somerville · Brookline · Commonwealth
Plymouth's founding English colonists
- PuritansEnglish Protestant reformers
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- SalemCity or name
Minutemen · Lexington · Concord · Commonwealth · Abolitionism · Transcendentalism · Federalist · Wampanoag
Prestigious Cambridge university
- MITCambridge research university
- AmherstMassachusetts college town
- WilliamsPatronymic family name
- WellesleyPrivate liberal arts college
Tufts · Brandeis · Northeastern · UMass · campus · research · scholarship · university
Massachusetts island resort
- ProvincetownCape Cod endpoint town
- GloucesterCoastal city in Massachusetts
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- lobsterLarge marine shellfish
clambake · whaling · fishing · Atlantic · lighthouse · shoreline · beach · sailboats
Boston
Massachusetts state capital
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
- WorcesterHistoric English cathedral city
- SpringfieldCommon American placename
Lowell · Salem · Plymouth · Berkshires · Fenway · Somerville · Brookline · Commonwealth
Pilgrims
Plymouth's founding English colonists
- PuritansEnglish Protestant reformers
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- PlymouthEnglish port city
Salem · Minutemen · Lexington · Concord · Commonwealth · Abolitionism · Transcendentalism · Federalist · Wampanoag · Quakers
Harvard
Prestigious Cambridge university
Wellesley · Tufts · Brandeis · Northeastern · UMass · campus · research · scholarship · university · professor
Nantucket
Massachusetts island resort
- ProvincetownCape Cod endpoint town
- GloucesterCoastal city in Massachusetts
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
lobster · clambake · whaling · fishing · Atlantic · lighthouse · shoreline · beach · sailboats · maritime
- US StatesCalifornia, Texas, New York, Florida, Hawaii
- American RevolutionDeclaration of Independence, Boston Tea Party, Continental Congress, founding fathers, Stamp Act
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- East CoastAtlantic coast, mid-Atlantic, Eastern Seaboard, New York City, NYC
- Indigenous NamesAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Chicago
- Lower 48Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado
MassachusettsMississippi
Southern state or major river
Alabama · Texas · red states · Dixie · South Carolina
- Massachusetts Bay ColonyEarly Puritan New England settlement
- Massachusetts BayHistoric colony and coastal waters
- cambridge massachusetts
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyElite technical university