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In colonial times, the colony of Massachusetts included both the area that is now the state of Massachusetts and what is now the state of Maine.Maine was part of the "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" until 1829 when it voted to secede from Massachusetts and become an independent state. Maine was formally admitted as a new state March 15, 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise.

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