1. Massachusetts
By Ellie D

2. Geography Major Cities: Boston Salem
Land Forms: The Coast of Massachusetts are remnants of the last ice age
Bodies of Water: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is the longest name of a lake in North America, a lot of people can not pronounce even the shortened name so they call it Lake Webster.
Population: 6,587,536 people. Many of the people are white .
Weather/Climate: in the winter 28 F and in the summer over 80 F
Land size (area):10,555 square miles
Region: Northeast

3. History 5 interesting dates (timeline):
It Became a state On February 6th 1788
10,000 Massachusetts was first settled by the native Americans.
1620 the pilgrims land on Plymouth rock.
1621 the pilgrims host one of Americas first thanksgiving day celebrations.
1773 The Boston tea party took place Massachusetts becomes the sixth state in the union.
Challenge: 2012 hurricane sandy hits Massachusetts

4. Politics Governor: Deval Patrick Capital: Boston
State abbreviation: MA
Date of state constitution (ratified): On June the constitution was ratified

5. Economy
Natural Resources: Water , forests , land and wildlife ‍ Manufactured Goods: Robots, batteries, fiber lasers, beer, analog chips and data storage equipment Industries: Shoes

6. Fun Facts Nickname: Massachusetts nickname is the Old Colony State
Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem is the Latin way of saying, By the sword we speak peace, but peace only under liberty
State bird: Black Capped Chickadee
State tree: American Elm
State flower: Mayflower ‍State song: Oh Hail to Massachusetts go to to see lyrics
‍Places for visitors to see: A lot of people go to a little hook on the east cost of Massachusetts called Cape Cod it has a lot of sandy beaches
‍Plymouth Mansion is a place where many people go for vacation and great for Whale Watching
Did you know...? Massachusetts has 4 different baseball teams 4 football teams (1 indoor) 2 basketball teams 4 ice hockey teams 2 lacrosse teams (1 indoor and 1 outdoor) 4 soccer teams 1 softball , 1tennis 1 paint ball and 1 rugby

7. Boston Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts capitol is a big city with really big buildings.

8. Cape cod bay
Cape cod is the hook on the end of Massachusetts where people like to go and visit

9. Massachusetts in the Fall
Massachusetts in the fall is beautiful with falling red and orange leaves everywhere!

10. Massachusetts in the summer
Massachusetts is great in the summer its really warm and a great place to go boating.