Major Cities: Boston Salem

Land Forms: The Coast of Massachusetts are remnants of the last ice age

Bodies of Water: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is the longest name of a lake in North America, a lot of people can not pronounce even the shortened name so they call it Lake Webster.

Population: 6,587,536 people. Many of the people are white.

Weather/Climate: in the winter 28 F and in the summer over 80 F

Land size (area):10,555 square miles

Region: Northeast

5 interesting dates (timeline):

It Became a state On February 6th 1788

10,000 Massachusetts was first settled by the native Americans.

1620 the pilgrims land on Plymouth rock.

1621 the pilgrims host one of Americas first thanksgiving day celebrations.

1773 The Boston tea party took place. 1788 Massachusetts becomes the sixth state in the union.

Challenge: 2012 hurricane sandy hits Massachusetts

Governor: Deval Patrick

Capital: Boston

State abbreviation: MA

Date of state constitution (ratified): On June 15 1780 the constitution was ratified

Natural Resources: Water , forests , land and wildlife

‍ ‍Manufactured ‍Goods: ‍Robots, ‍ ‍ ‍batteries, ‍fiber ‍lasers, ‍beer, ‍ ‍analog ‍chips ‍and ‍data ‍storage ‍equipment ‍

Industries: Shoes

Nickname: Massachusetts nickname is the Old Colony State

Motto:Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem is the Latin way of saying, By the sword we speak peace, but peace only under liberty

State bird: Black Capped Chickadee

State tree: American Elm

State flower: Mayflower

‍State ‍song: ‍Oh ‍Hail ‍to ‍Massachusetts ‍go ‍to ‍http://www.50states.com/songs/mass.htm ‍to ‍see ‍lyrics ‍

‍Places ‍for ‍visitors ‍to ‍see: ‍A ‍lot ‍of ‍people ‍go ‍to ‍a ‍little ‍hook ‍on ‍the ‍east ‍cost ‍of ‍Massachusetts ‍called ‍Cape ‍Cod ‍it ‍has ‍a ‍lot ‍of ‍sandy ‍beaches ‍

‍Plymouth ‍Mansion ‍is ‍a ‍place ‍where ‍many ‍people ‍go ‍for ‍vacation ‍and ‍great ‍for ‍Whale ‍Watching

Did youknow...? Massachusetts has 4 different baseball teams 4 football teams (1 indoor) 2 basketball teams 4 ice hockey teams 2 lacrosse teams (1 indoor and 1 outdoor) 4 soccer teams 1 softball , 1tennis 1 paint ball and 1 rugby

Boston, Massachusetts capitol is a big city with really big buildings.

Cape cod is the hook on the end of Massachusetts where people like to go and visit

Massachusetts in the fall is beautiful with falling red and orange leaves everywhere!

Massachusetts is great in the summer its really warm and a great place to go boating.