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The state's 12th congressional district elected the first openly gay member of the United States House of Representatives, Gerry Studds, in 1972 [351] and in 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage. [63] In 2006, Massachusetts became the first state to approve a law that provided for nearly universal healthcare.
Public Health and the State: Changing Views in Massachusetts, 1842–1936 (1972), Stone, Orra. History of Massachusetts Industries: Their Inception, Growth and Success (4 vol 1930). Story, Ronald. The Forging of an Aristocracy: Harvard and the Boston Upper Class, 1800–1870 (1980). David Szatmary.
Massachusetts was the sixth state to join the new independent union in 1788. We commemorate the Bay State on National Massachusetts Day on August 17th. Known as 'The Spirit of America,' here are ...
Massachusetts is known for its progressive politics, and is a stronghold of American Liberalism and the Democratic Party. In a 2018 Gallup poll Massachusetts was the state with the highest percentage of its population identifying as liberal and the lowest percentage identifying as conservative, at 35% and 21% respectively. [19]
The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill [3] [4] neighborhood of Boston.
In 1816, Revolutionary War veteran Captain Henry Hall became the first colonist to cultivate cranberries, which he did on Cape Cod.
In Eastern Massachusetts, Boston is located at the innermost point of Massachusetts Bay, at the mouth of the Charles River.The Charles River is longest river located entirely within Massachusetts, (although the Westfield River can be considered longer if one combines its upper and lower branches); however, the Connecticut River is the Commonwealth's—and New England's—longest, and most ...
English settlers adopted the term Massachusett for the name for the people, language, and ultimately as the name of their colony which became the American state of Massachusetts. John Smith first published the term Massachusett in 1616. [3] Narragansett people called the tribe Massachêuck. [3]