Prior to European settlement, arious Algonquian tribes inhabited the area which is now Massachusetts.
In 1620, the first European settlement was made by the Pilgrims of the Mayflower.
From 1629 to 1684, Massachusetts was governed by the Massachusetts Bay Company.
Massachusetts was the site of the outbreak of the American Revolution.
In 1788, Massachusetts was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Was the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Massachusetts assumed national importance with the election of Senator John F. Kennedy in 1960.
The capital city is Boston.
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