Massachusetts is the most populous state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. The capital of Massachusetts is Boston, which is also themost populous city in New England. The state is a global leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade. Massachusetts was a center for the abolitionist, temperance, and transcendentalist movements before the American Civil War.
About Massachusetts in brief
Massachusetts is the most populous state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. The capital of Massachusetts is Boston, which is also themost populous city in New England. The state is a global leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade. Massachusetts was a center for the abolitionist, temperance, and transcendentalist movements before the American Civil War. In 2004, Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legally recognize same-sex marriage as a result of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. Many prominent American political dynasties have hailed from the state, including the Adams and Kennedy families. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name likely derived from a Wôpanâak word muswachasut, segmented as mus. It has been translated as near the great hill, by the blue hills, or in particular the Great Blue Hill. The official name of the state is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but it has no practical implications within the United States as it has the same position and powers as other states. It was originally inhabited by tribes of the Algonquian language, such as the Wampanoag, Nipmagett, Mahtagett and Mahtac. The word for the second draft of what became the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution had the connotation of a republic, in contrast to the word for “commonwealth” in the former monarchy the monarchy had at the time of the Constitution’s creation.
It is also known as Moswetuset, from the name of a commander in Quincy, where Plymouth Colony commander Myles Standish Standish and Squanto Chief Chickatbut met in 1621. The name of Massachusetts’ largest city, Boston, has been called the most innovative square mile on the planet since 2010, in reference to the high concentration of entrepreneurial start-ups and quality of innovation which have emerged in the vicinity of the square since 2010. Both Harvard and MIT, also in Cambridge, are perennially ranked as either the most or among the most highly regarded academic institutions in the world. Massachusetts’ public-school students place among the top tier in theworld in academic performance. The state has been ranked as one of the top states in the United United States for citizens to live in, as well as oneof the most expensive. In the late 18th century, Boston became known as the \”Cradle of Liberty\” for the agitation there that later led to the American Revolution. In 1786, Shays’ Rebellion, a populist revolt led by disaffected American Revolutionary War veterans, influenced the US Constitutional Convention. The sports of basketball and volleyball were invented in the western Massachusetts cities of Springfield and Holyoke, respectively.
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