Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution on February 6, 1788, according to the Census Bureau. Originally, Maine was recognized as a part of the state of Massachusetts, until Maine was admitted to ...

The story of the current Massachusetts insignia starts with the 17th century seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This insignia ... reintroduced to the state flag. At first glance, the current ...

A decade before the Declaration of Independence was signed, the Massachusetts Bay Colony became the first to construct a viewing gallery for the House of Representatives. Massachusetts created the ...

Ten years after the Pilgrims first settled near Plymouth Rock, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was officially founded in 1630 by a group of Puritan refugees from England led by Gov. John Winthrop.

Towns and cities in Massachusetts study their own pasts carefully, too. Across the state's eastern coast, English settlements popped up throughout the 1600s. The Plymouth Bay Colony would ...

On February 6, 1788, Massachusetts Bay Colony was no longer. Just 12 years after the United States became a country, Massachusetts joined the Union and became its sixth state. But reaching this ...

The "Penalty for Keeping Christmas" was a law enacted under Puritan rule in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659. For the next 22 years, anyone found celebrating the holiday by failing to work ...