09/11/2009 · English explorer and colonist John Smith named the state for the Massachuset tribe. Boston, the state capital, was a hotbed of activity, including the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party ...

The 2017 standards draw from the best of prior Massachusetts English Language Arts and Literacy Curriculum Frameworks, and represent the input of hundreds of the ommonwealth’s pre-K–12 and higher education faculty. The 2017 standards embody the ommonwealth’s commitment to providing all students with a world-class education.

03/02/2022 · The UMass Amherst English Department is a diverse and welcoming community. We combine the strengths of a liberal arts college with a major research University.

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Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley.

The flag of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the flag of Massachusetts.It has been represented by official but limited-purpose flags since 1676, though until 1908 it had no state flag per se to represent its government.A variant of the white flag with blue seal was carried by each of the Massachusetts volunteer regiments during the Civil War alongside the National Colors.

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