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Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Politics
Massachusetts - Banned in Boston.
During the first half of the 1900s Boston was socially conservative, and strongly under the influence...
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Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Massachusetts Cities Towns And Counties
There are 50 cities and 301 towns in Massachusetts, grouped into 14 counties.
Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states...
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Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Trivia
The Commonwealth's nickname is the Bay State. Other nicknames are the Old Colony State, and less commonly the Puritan state and the Baked...
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Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Education And Research
Massachusetts - The central role of education.
Massachusetts contains only 2.5% of the U.S. population, but is home to many of its most...
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Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Government
The capital of Massachusetts is Boston and the current governor is Mitt Romney (Republican). All governors of Massachusetts are given the...
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Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Geography
Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Islan...
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Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Economy
The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that Massachusetts's total state product in 2003 was $297 billion. Per capita personal income i...
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Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Demographics
Massachusetts - Population.
As of 2005, Massachusetts has an estimated population of 6,398,743, which is a decrease of 8,639, or 0.1%, ...
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Massachusetts: Encyclopedia Ii - Massachusetts - Name
Massachusetts - Mass-achu-sets.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name ca...
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