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Massachusetts:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is considered the cornerstone of America.

In 1620, the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower, landing near Provincetown. They soon relocated across Cape Cod Bay, naming their settlement Plymouth, and the story of a new nation was born.

This group of breakaway's from the Church of England were determined to succeed, and in the fall of 1621, along with their new American Indian friends - celebrated the first Thanksgiving.

The winds of change echoed across the American colonies in the early 1770s, and the cry's for independence from England were both bold and loud.

That American Revolution (in essence) began in Massachusetts, and the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and battles of Bunker Hill, Concord and Lexington are etched into the history books.

This New England state is both an idyllic and rugged slice of land, and a major contributor to the culture and economic history of the world.

The first American college, library, newspaper, printing press and public park were established in Massachusetts, and it's the proud home state of four American Presidents.

From the fishing village of Gloucester to the tip of Cape Cod, and from the seaport culture of Boston - across the state to its western border, Massachusetts is as American as apple pie.

Massachusetts

The current version of the Massachusetts flag was officially adopted is 1908, and revised in 1971.

It features a centered coat of arms (and shield) on a white field. That shield displays an image of a Native American Indian. He holds a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. His arrow is pointing downward - representing peace.

The white star is symbolic of Massachusetts being one of the original thirteen states.

Around the shield is a dark blue ribbon with the motto:" By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty." Above the shield is a arm and sword, representing the first part of the motto.

Official name: Massachusetts
Capital: Boston
Statehood: Feb. 6, 1788 the 6th state
State nickname: The Bay State
Name for residents: Massachusettsans
State motto:
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
(By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
Abbreviation: MA

Massachusetts's Historical Event's:

1498 Italian explorer John Cabot sails along the Massachusetts coast.
1620 The Pilgrims settle at Plymouth.
1630 More than 900 Puritans settle near Boston, founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1675-1676 King Philip's War is fought between Native Americans and settlers, ending with defeat for the region's native peoples.
1684 The royal charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked.
1691 A royal charter is issued for the colony of Massachusetts, including Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, offshore islands, Maine, and Nova Scotia.
1692 Hundreds of people are accused of witchcraft and 20 are executed after trials in Salem.
1770 Several colonists are killed in the Boston Massacre.
1773 A group of Bostonians destroys a British tea cargo.
1775 The American Revolution begins with battles at Lexington and Concord.
1776 The American army forces the British to evacuate Boston.
1780 Massachusetts adopts its only state constitution.
1786 Daniel Shays leads a group of farmers in a revolt known as Shays' Rebellion.
1788 Massachusetts becomes the sixth state of the Union (February 6).
1820 Maine is separated from Massachusetts and becomes a state.
1831 William Lloyd Garrison begins publication of the abolitionist newspaper the Liberator.
1833 A constitutional amendment ends the official role of the Congregational Church in state government.
1843 Dorothea Dix reports inhumane conditions in the state's prisons and asylums, initiating a reform movement.
1861 Massachusetts troops are the first to die for the Union cause in the American Civil War.
1912 Textile workers in Lawrence stage a major strike that leads to higher wages for mill workers.
1919 Boston police go on a strike that is suppressed by Governor Calvin Coolidge.
1927 Six years after conviction, the anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed for murder.
1958 For the first time Massachusetts elects both a Democratic governor and legislature.
1960 Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts is elected president of the United States.
1966 Edward Brooke of Massachusetts becomes the first black elected to the U.S. Senate since the Civil War era.
1974 A federal court order for busing of pupils to integrate Boston's public schools leads to several years of violent white resistance.
1980 A referendum forces the lowering of local property taxes.

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