Massachusetts

= Massachusetts =

**Introduction to Massachusetts**
==The Pilgrims founded the Plymouth colony while looking for religious freedom in 1620. Massachusetts was one of the thirteen colonies along with Delaware, New York, Rhode Island, and many more. Massachusetts was part of the New England colonies and is now in south eastern United States. Massachusetts was originally inhabited by tribes such as the Alonquian, Wampanoag, Nipmuc, Pocomtuc, Mahican, and Massachusett. They grew corn and squash and built log cabins also known as wigwams or longhouses. male and female elders led the tribe. in the 1600s large amounts of people got sick from the measles, smallpox, and influenza. Massachusetts developed friendly relationships with the Wamanoag Indians.==

Who founded Massachusetts? **John Winthrop founded Massachusetts. ** **When was Massachusetts founded? ** **Massachusetts was founded in** **1630.** **What** ** are the major cities of Massachusetts? ** **Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, and Lexington are the major cities of Massachusetts. ** **What are the major industries in Massachusetts? ** **The major industries are agriculture and manufacturing. Agriculture is fishing and farming. Manufacturing is building. ** **What is the abbreviation for Massachusetts? ** **The Abbreviation for Massachusetts is MA or Mass. ** **What was Massachusetts named after? ** **Massachusetts was named after a local native american tribe. It means "a large hill place." ** **What was Massachusetts famous for? ** **Massachusetts is famous for the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was when Massachusetts colonists dumped tea overboard ships because the tax price on tea was so high. ** **Why was Massachusetts founded? ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Massachusetts was founded for religious freedom. ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What region is Massachusetts in? ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Massachusetts in is the New England colonies. It is in the northeastern part of America. ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Did Massachusetts have schools? ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Massachusetts established its first public school in 1635. ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What were they like? ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Schools were one room school houses. ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Who attended? ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Puritans attended the school. ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What were their religious customs? ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Massachusetts religious custom is puritanism. ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">How do they trade? ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Massachusetts colonists traded fur and lumber with other colonies, England, or ports in Europe ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What materials tools or weapons were important to them? ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Some colonial tools are scythes, flails, scuppet, felling axe, broad axe, hoes, rakes, axes, and shovels. ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What is the government like in massachusetts? ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Massachusetts bay was a independent and representitive government. ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**What kind of jobs were in Massachusetts?** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**In Massachusetts you could get a job as a fisherman, lumberman, farmer, shipbuilder, whaler, cabinet maker, candlemaker, soapmaker, and black smith.** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**what is the society like?** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**There was no stores in the colonial times and the buildings were all made by hand. If you were wealthy you had a wooden floor but, if you were poor you had a floor that was packed dirt. Massachusetts did not have cars, horses or camels so they had to walk every where. For self protection they kept cannons upstairs.** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**What kind of money did they use in colonial Massachusetts?** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Massachusetts printed the first paper money in 1690.** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**What was the climate like in Massachusetts?** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**The climate in Massachusetts has four seasons: summer, fall, winter, and spring. The shortest day of the year occurs in December with about 9 hours and 14 minutes. The longest day of the year is in June with about 15 hours and 17 minutes. The weather varies. There is snow in the winter. The average summer temperature is 72 degrees F. The average winter temperature low is 29 degrees F.** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**What natural resources were found in colonial Massachusetts?** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**There was plentiful seafood like s** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**callops, crab, lobster, clams, an****d haddock. Also there is pine, maple, and oak trees. Furs were plentiful too!** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**﻿**



Massachusetts was founded by John Winthrop. It was founded in 1630 for religious freedom. Their religious custom was puritanism. Massachusetts was named after a local native american tribe. It means "a large hill place." All houses in colonial Massachusetts were completely made by hand. They also had cannons upstairs for protection. There were no stores and they had to walk everywhere. The colony was surrounded by a wall of logs. The Indians taught the Massachusetts colonists to put dead fish in with the plants to help them grow. The Massachusetts Bay Colony established its first public school in 1635. Their schools were one-room schoolhouses. Settlers from the Massachusetts Bay colony and Puritans attended the schools. When you got out of school you could find a job as a fisherman, lumberman, farmer, shipbuilder, whaler, cabinet maker, soap maker, candlemaker,or blacksmith.


 * Massachusett's nickname is The Bay State
 * Massachusett's state bird is the Black-capped Chickadee
 * Massachusett's state tree is the American Elm
 * Massachusett's state flower is the Mayflower
 * Massachusett's state insect is the Ladybug
 * Massachusett's state dog is the Boston Terrier
 * Massachusett's state cat is the Tabby Cat
 * Massachusett's state fish is Cod
 * Massachusetts was the 6th state to join the union.