Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area,located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403,making it the most populous city in the county,the fourth-largest in Massachusetts behind Boston,Worcester,and Springfield,and ninth-most populous in New England. The city was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge,England,which was an important center of the Puritan theology that was embraced by the town's founders.
The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics,public service,entertainment,and business. In 1884,35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford,Ireland,Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office,serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member served in federal elective office from 1947,when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts,until 2011,when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge,Massachusetts,United States. Established in 1861,MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and science.
Nantucket is an island about 30 miles (48 km) south from Cape Cod. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget,it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket,a combined county/town government in the state of Massachusetts,USA. Nantucket is the southeasternmost town in both Massachusetts and the New England region. The name "Nantucket" is adapted from similar Algonquian names for the island.
Worcester is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the 114th most populous city in the United States. Named after Worcester,England,the city had 206,518 people at the 2020 census,also making it the second-most populous city in New England,after Boston. Worcester is about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston,50 miles (80 km) east of Springfield,and 40 miles (64 km) north-northwest of Providence. Because it is near the geographic center of Massachusetts,Worcester is known as the "Heart of the Commonwealth";a heart is the official symbol of the city. Worcester is the historical seat of Worcester County.
Newton is a city in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. It is roughly 8 miles (13 km) west of downtown Boston,and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast,Brookline to the east,Watertown and Waltham to the north,and Weston,Wellesley,and Needham to the west. At the 2020 U.S. census,the population of Newton was 88,923.
Salem is a historic coastal city in Essex County,Massachusetts,United States,located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem was one of the most significant seaports trading commodities in early American history. Prior to the dissolution of county governments in Massachusetts in 1999,it served as one of two county seats for Essex County,alongside Lawrence.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691),more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay,was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay,one of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The lands of the settlement were in southern New England,with initial settlements on two natural harbors and surrounding land about 15.4 miles (24.8 km) apart—the areas around Salem and Boston,north of the previously established Plymouth Colony. The territory nominally administered by the Massachusetts Bay Colony covered much of central New England,including portions of Massachusetts,Maine,New Hampshire,and Connecticut.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public land-grant research university in Amherst,Massachusetts,United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system,and was founded in 1863 as the Massachusetts Agricultural College. It is also a member of the Five College Consortium,along with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley.
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
The Massachusetts General Court,formally the General Court of Massachusetts,is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. The name "General Court" is a holdover from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony,when the colonial assembly,in addition to making laws,sat as a judicial court of appeals. Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780,it was called the Great and General Court,but the official title was shortened by John Adams,author of the state constitution. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower body,the Massachusetts House of Representatives,has 160 members;until 1978,the state house had 240 members. It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston.
The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on October 7,1691,by William III and Mary II,the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of England,Scotland,and Ireland,and was based in the merging of several earlier British colonies in New England. The charter took effect on May 14,1692,and included the Massachusetts Bay Colony,the Plymouth Colony,the Province of Maine,Martha's Vineyard,Nantucket,Nova Scotia,and New Brunswick;the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the direct successor. Maine has been a separate state since 1820,and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are now Canadian provinces,having been part of the colony only until 1697.
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court,the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. All but one of the districts are named for the counties in which they are located. Senators serve two-year terms,without term limits. The Senate convenes in the Massachusetts State House in Boston,the state capital.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court,the state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. The House of Representatives convenes at the Massachusetts State House in Boston,the state capital of Massachusetts.
Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston,the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England,and its surrounding areas. The most stringent definition of the region,used by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council,consists of most of the eastern third of mainland Massachusetts,excluding the Merrimack Valley and most of Southeastern Massachusetts,though most definitions include much of these areas and portions of southern New Hampshire.
Massachusetts,officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to its east,Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south,New Hampshire and Vermont to its north,and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020,it is the most populous state in New England,the 16th-most-populous in the country,and the third-most densely populated,after New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Samuel Adams was an American statesman,political philosopher,and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts,a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution,a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents,and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father,President John Adams.
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States:Connecticut,Maine,Massachusetts,New Hampshire,Rhode Island,and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. The Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean are to the east and southeast,and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. Boston is New England's largest city and the capital of Massachusetts. Greater Boston is the largest metropolitan area,with nearly a third of New England's population;this area includes Worcester,Massachusetts,the second-largest city in New England;Manchester,New Hampshire,the largest city in New Hampshire;and Providence,Rhode Island,the capital of and largest city in Rhode Island.
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census,making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.9 million as of 2023,making it the largest in the New England division and the eleventh-largest in the country.
The 2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Massachusetts voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote,pitting the Republican Party's nominee,incumbent President Donald Trump,and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee,former Vice President Joe Biden,and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
