History of Massachusetts
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The area that is now Massachusetts was colonized by English settlers in the early 17th century and became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the 18th century. Before that, it was inhabited by a vari
Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882)
The First Thanksgiving 1621
Concerning Evil Spirits (Boston, 1693) by Increase Mather
Percy's Rescue at Lexington by Ralph Earl and Amos Doolittle from 1775, an illustration of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Massachusett
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The Massachusett were a Native American tribe from the region in and around present-day Greater Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name comes from the Massachusett language term for "At
Great Blue Hill, namesake of the Massachusett tribe, in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Neponset River in Dorchester, within historic homelands of the Massachusett
The index and first page of Genesis from Eliot's translation of the Bible into the Natick speech of Massachusett in 1663, the Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God.
The "Three Sisters" of maize, beans and squash