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“THE ‘COMMONWEALTH’ OF MASSACHUSETTS”
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/ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsᵻts/
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mass-ə-choo-sits
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“BOSTON”
*CAPITAL CITY*
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*BOSTON*
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*CAMBRIDGE*
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*SOMERVILLE*
“SKYBAR”
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-“massachusetts” is the ‘most populous state’ in the ‘new england region’ of the ‘northeastern united states’–
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(it is bordered by…)
*’new hampshire’ + ‘vermont’*
(to the ‘north’)
*the ‘atlantic ocean’*
(to the ‘east’)
‘new york ‘
(to the ‘west’)
*the states of ‘connecticut’ + ‘rhode island’*
(to the ‘south’)
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(the ‘capital’ of ‘massachusetts’ (and the ‘most populous city’ in ‘new england’) is ‘boston’)
(over 80% of massachusetts’ population lives in the ‘greater boston metro area’, a region influential upon american ‘history’ / ‘academia’ / ‘industry’)
(originally dependent on ‘agriculture’ / ‘fishing’ / ‘trade’, massachusetts was transformed into a ‘manufacturing center’ during the ‘industrial revolution’)
(during the 1900s, massachusetts’ economy shifted from ‘manufacturing’ to ‘services’)
(modern massachusetts is a global leader in ‘biotechnology’, ‘engineering’, ‘higher education’, ‘finance’, and ‘maritime trade’)
(‘plymouth’ was the site of the first colony in ‘new england’, founded in 1620 by the ‘pilgrims’, passengers of the mayflower)
(in 1692, the town of ‘salem’ and surrounding areas experienced one of america’s most infamous cases of ‘mass hysteria’, the ‘salem witch trials’)
(in 1777, ‘general henry knox’ founded the ‘springfield armory’, which during the ‘industrial revolution’ catalyzed numerous important technological advances, including ‘interchangeable parts’)
(in 1786, ‘shays’ rebellion’ (a ‘populist revolt’ led by ‘disaffected revolutionary war veterans’) influenced the ‘united states constitutional convention’)
(in the ‘1700s’, the protestant ‘first great awakening’, which swept the ‘atlantic world’, originated from the pulpit of northampton preacher ‘jonathan edwards’)
(in the late 1700s, boston became known as the “cradle of liberty” for the agitation there that led to the ‘american revolution’)
(the entire commonwealth of massachusetts has played a powerful ‘commercial’ + ‘cultural’ role in the history of the ‘united states’)
(before the ‘american civil war’, massachusetts was a center for the ‘abolitionist’, ‘temperance’, and ‘transcendentalist’ movements)
(in the late 1800s, the sports of ‘basketball’ + ‘volleyball’ were invented in the western massachusetts cities of ‘springfield’ + ‘holyoke’, respectively)
(in 2004, massachusetts became the first american state to legally recognize ‘same-sex marriage’ as a result of the decision of the state’s ‘supreme judicial court’)
(many prominent american ‘political dynasties’ have hailed from the state, including the ‘adams’ + ‘kennedy’ families)
(‘harvard university’ in ‘cambridge’ is the oldest institution of ‘higher learning’ in the ‘united states’, with the largest financial endowment of any university, and whose ‘law school’ has spawned a ‘contemporaneous majority’ of ‘united states supreme court justices’)
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(both ‘harvard university’ + the ‘massachusetts institute of technology’ (also in ‘cambridge’) have been ranked among the ‘most highly regarded academic institutions in the world’)
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👈👈👈☜*“COLONIAL AMERICA”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥