Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Senators: KKETTLEWELL F7 (G), AHINTON D4 (I)

Representatives: SCHURCH D6(I), MRITZ D6 (I), LCLOSSIN D8 (I), CRYMAN D8 (I),

The US Census Bureau says, Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate in the country with 2.2 divorces per 1000 people.(LClossin)

The first American lighthouse was built in the Boston Harbor in 1716.(LClossin)

Alexander Graham Bell, he invented the telephone, first demonstrated it in Boston in 1876. The first telephone was installed in a home in Somerville, next door to Congressman Capuano.(LClossin)

Volleyball, was invented in Holyoke, Massachusetts, by a YMCA physical education director named William G. Morgan.(LClossin)

Massachusetts is famous for its many colleges, its annual marathon and its baked beans.(LClossin)

More than 8 percent of the Massachussettes population (over 422,666 persons) was found to be unemployed in Feburary '09, a 2.8 percent increase from last October.(MRitz)

Massachusettes is ranked 2nd of all states overall in U.S. education, with 209 of the state's 279 schools having a graduation rate of at least 80%. (MRitz)

Massachusetts is ranked 14th in population among the 50 U.S. states, with 5,283,330 persons. This, coupled with its 10,555 square miles of territorial area, makes it the most densly populated of the New England states. (MRitz)

Massachusetts is ranked 25th in carbon emissions of all U.S. states, with a per-capita carbon score of 42. (MRitz)

Massachusetts has 10 U.S. representatives and 2 senators. (schurch)

Massachusetts is traditionally industrial. Its many diverse manufactures include eletrical and electronic equipment, industrial equipment, technical instruments, plastic products, paper and paper products, machinery, tools, and metal and rubber products. (schurch)

Massachusetts Capital is Boston. (schurch)

The state's name (Massachusetts) came from a native american tribe and it means "at or about the great hill". (schurch)

Massachusetts is located in the New England region. Massachsetts borders Rhode Island and Connecticut. (AHinton)

Boston, the capital of Massachusetts built the first subway system in 1897. (AHinton)

Massachusetts was founded by the Penacook, Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Wampanoag tribes. (AHinton)

Massachusetts is ranked 14th in population and about 8 persent of the population is unemployed. (AHinton)

This Is Massachusetts state flag. (AHinton) Massachusetts was orginally settled by native Americans tribes such as the Penacook, Cape Cod, Nantucket and the South East Wampanoag tribes. Most native American tribes were killed off by diseases brought by the first white settlers, due to the fact that the natives were not immune to the new diseases. (kkettlewell)

In 1636 the Massachusetts Colony went to war in the Pequot War. In 1646, the long parliment gave missionary John Elliot funding to peach to the Wampanoags (the enemy). He converted many indians to his side, the colonial goverment placed them in ring villages around the colony for deffensive purposes. (kkettlewell)

Puritans came to Massachusetts for religion purification and would not accept other religions. Although for a time Pilgims, Angelicans, Quakers and a handful of Denominations were accepted by the Puritans. (kkettlewell)

Pilgrims from Humber came over to Massachusetts on the May Flower. Many died early on due to small pox, cold and starvation. With the help of Chief Massasot, chief of the Wampanougs tribe they were able to surive. The indians helped the settlers with growing crops and building better shelters. Then on Thanksgiving both the white settlers and the Wampanoag tribe ate the first harvest of the settlers. Only half of the orginal settlers surived the first year. (kkettlewell)

Before the Puritans left for the new worl they went to Holland, where they were accepted but left fifty years later because the Dutch were to accepting of other cultures. The Puritans later created the Massachusetts Bay Colony but when the English Revolution began in 1642 they went from the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the Puritan Strong hold. (KKettlewell)