1. Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont Geographical Region : Is located in the New England of the northeastern of the United States By: Diana Aguilar Border States

2. Massachusetts Nickname: Bay State State Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem(By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty

3.  State Capitol: Boston  Governor: Deval Patrick(to January2015)  Largest Cities: Worcester, Springfield, New Bedford, Lynn, Fall River  Population: 6,692,824 14 of 50

4. Geography Features  Mountains: North Adams, Bear town, Saddle Ball,  Rivers: Taunton River, Charles River, Deer Field River

5. Industry And Agriculture  Industry: Machinery, Electric Equipment, Scientific instruments  Agricultures: Cranberries, Vegetables, Dairy Products, Nursery Stack, Seafood

6.  State Bird: Chickadee  State Flower: Mayflower  State Tree: Elm Tree  State Horse: The Morgan Horse  State Muffin: Corn Muffin  State Dessert: Boston Cream Pie

7. Famous People And Events  Famous People: Matt Damon, John Adams, and Quincy Adams, Samuel Adams, Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcott, Horatio Alger's, Susan B. Anthony  Events: Massachusetts was colonized in early 17 th century by English Europeans  Massachusetts was mainly inhabited by Algonquian language indigenous tribes

8. Cape Code National Seashore  You have to pay $3 at the beach entry fee (only 16-61 years of age)  From Boston area taking route 3 south following the Sagamore Bridge in Bourne then follow route 6 eastward to Eastham and Providence located in Eastern Massachusetts  Best time to go is during the spring and summer because their mostly closed in winter months

9. Look Memorial Park  The Look Memorial Park is located in the village of Florence in Northampton, Massachusetts in Hampshire county  You can get attraction bracelets that will let you ride on rides as many times as you want.($17 per person)  You can go see the Winter Wonderland lights display on Nov. 28-Jan. 1  You can have breakfast with Santa on Dec. 6(gardens house)  You can see Santa's Trains Dec.10-24 (gardens house)  You can have tea and see the trains on Dec. 14-15 (gardens house)

10. Battleship Cove o There's going to be a featured event on Jan. 17, 2015 9:00.a.m-4:30.p.m(Space Saturday) o Its located at the Heart of waterfront at the confluence of the Taunton River and Mount Hope Bay and lies partially beneath the Braga Bridge and adjacent to Fall River Heritage State Park.

11. Conclusion  Massachusetts is great place to live or to go on a vacation because you can go look at their memorial parks and museums like the Battleship Cove where there's many thing that they have from World War 2. I didn't know that Massachusetts had state bug even a state muffin which is the corn muffin and the state dessert Boston cream pie. I really hope that I get to go visit Massachusetts someday.

12. Resources  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_Cove http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_Cove  http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state- economy/massachusetts.html http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state- economy/massachusetts.html  https://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/all-about- massachusetts/home/geographical-features https://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/all-about- massachusetts/home/geographical-features