Interesting facts about Massachusetts
· The Boston cream pie was invented at the Omni Parker House in Boston; it's the states official dessert.
· The first American lighthouse was built in the Boston Harbor in 1716.
· The first sewing machine was built in Boston in 1845.
· The first public beach, Revere Beach, is also located in Massachusetts
· Although the Library of Congress contains the most volumes in the country at more than 29,550,000, Harvard University's Library is second with more than 15,000,000 and the Boston Public Library is third with more than 14,000,000.
· Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, first demonstrated it in Boston in 1876.
they were founded by the Puritans and Pilgrims
Massachusetts is most famous for its many colleges and ba
ked bean competitions.
It was the first new england colony to be settled
the massachusetts bay colony was founded in 1630 by thomas winthrop, thomas dudley, and a lot of other non-separatist puritans
Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The Massachusetts colony
Boston was part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
No Massachusetts is not a southern colony. Massachusetts is a northern state, which in turn would have made it a northern colony.
No, Massachusetts, was a Self gov. colony
No Massachusetts is not a southern colony. Massachusetts is a northern state, which in turn would have made it a northern colony.
Massachusetts was a royal colony. ~B~
In Massachusetts?
The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was John Winthrop. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled in 1630 by the English.
The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was John Winthrop. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled in 1630 by the English.