Massachusetts is called The Bay State because of it's many bays. For example, Cape Cod Bay and the Massachusetts Bay. The bays are important to the people who live in Massachusetts because it allows boats to travel to ports. Several species of sea animals live in bays. Sea birds, seals, fish, and lobster would live in the bays of Massachusetts.
== == == == Alludes to the colony of Massachusetts Bay, founded in 1628 and Massachusetts Bay. Old Bay Stateappearing some 50 years later after the nickname Bay State.
{| |- | If one takes a look at the map, it is pretty obvious. The primary feature one sees when looking at Massachusetts is the Massachusetts Bay. It was one of the things that attracted early settlers, the natural harbor. |}
The State of Massachusetts got its name from the Massachusetts Bay which was given its name by the Pilgrim Fathers who founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620. They named the Bay after the the Algonquian Indians whose name was derived from mass-adchu-seuck or 'people from the big hill'.
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Massachusetts got its nickname by having a lot of bays in the area and its a state, that's, how Massachusetts got its nickname.
Massachusetts got its name because of Massachusetts Bay. Therefore it is now called the Bay State.
There are several many big bays in Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts got the nickname "the Bay State" because of it's many bays. The name Massachusetts came from the Massachuset tribe of Native Americans that lived in Massachusetts.
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Harvard University in Massachusetts was started in 1636. Its colors are a deep red. The nickname for the school is the "The Crimson".
Bay StateMassachusetts is a commonwealth, and is usually known as the Bay State, a nickname that goes right back to its early settlers in 1789.And unicorns are awesome!!!!xD
Bay state is the nickname of Massachusetts.
Rocky Marciano was from brockton massachusetts, hence the nickname the Brockton Blockbuster. He was world champ from 1952 till 1956.
Lowell, Massachusetts is located north of Boston. It was the first large factory town in the United States, giving it the nickname "Cradle of the American Industrial Revolution".
A person from Kansas is a Kansan. The nickname for a Kansan is a Jayhawk. Massachusetts is called the Baystate Some people use Baystaters