. Dive Into Massachusetts Facts . by Aidan T. . April 6,2017 1

Location Massachusetts Massachusetts is located in the northeastern part of the United States of America 2

Where is Adams Adams is located in the Northwestern part of Massachusetts 3

Mt. Greylock Mt. Greylock is located in North Adams, Adams, Lanesborough, Cheshire, Williamstown, and New Ashford. Mt. Greylock is the highest peak in Massachusetts. The building is 12,500 feet high. 4

Pilgrims They are England people that wanted to be free they went to Plymouth Plantation which is a part of Massachusetts 5

Thanksgiving We had a feast with the Wampanoags to show we were friends 6

Natural Bridge State Park Natural Bridge is located on McCauley Road off Route8 in North Adams. It is 550 million year old bedrock marble. It is an aboanded marble quarry 7

Wampanoag There Eastern Indians that were at the Plymouth Plantation before the Pilgrims They helped the Pilgrims by teaching them how to plant crops They helped the Pilgrims survive the winter and how to build warm shelter with sticks and grass 8

Quabbin Reservoir Quabbin Reservoir is important because they cleared the town so Boston could have clean water. 4 towns were flooded 7,613 bodies were moved from it. 9

Web Sites Used http://maps.google.com/ http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/region-west/ mt-greylock-state-reservation-generic.html http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/daily_life/ https://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/who-were- pilgrims https://www.teachervision.com/discovery/american-colonies/785.html 10