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Massachusetts BackgroundLeif Ericsonor even a French or Spanish fishermanmay have originally discovered the Cape Cod coast. However, the first recorded visit of a European to Massachusetts was that of John Cabot in 1497. Not until the Pilgrims landed at Provincetown and settled at Plymouth was there a permanent settlement north of Virginia. Ten years later, Boston was founded with the arrival of John Winthrop and his group of Puritans.
 
Native American wars plagued Massachusetts until the 1680s, after which the people experienced a relatively peaceful period combined with a fast-growing, mostly agricultural economy. In the 1760s, opposition to British taxation without representation exploded into the American Revolution. It began in Massachusetts, and from here, the American tradition of freedom and justice spread around the world. The Constitution of Massachusetts is the oldest written constitution still in effect. The New En...

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Hyannis Harbor Festival  Hyannis
Maple Sugaring  Northampton
Maple Sugaring  Amherst
Quincy Bay Race Week  Quincy
Schooner Festival  Gloucester
Stockbridge Main Street At Christmas  Stockbridge & West Stockbridge
Women's Regatta  South Hadley
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  Top Attractions
       1800 House, Nantucket Island    
       Abigail Adams House, Weymouth    
       Academy Of Performing Arts, Orleans    
       Actors Theatre Of Nantucket, Nantucket    
       Altar Rock, Nantucket    
       Amesbury Sports Park, Amesbury    
       Amherst College, Amherst    
       Arcadia Nature Center And Wildlife Sanctuary, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Northampton    
       Arrowhead, Pittsfield    
       Ashumet Holly & Wildlife Sanctuary, Falmouth    
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  Park and Historical Landmarks
       1627 Pilgrim Village, Plymouth    
       Abbot Hall, Marblehead    
       Adams National Historic Park, Quincy    
       Addison Gallery Of American Art, Andover & North Andover    
       American Antiquarian Society, Worcester    
       American Textile History Museum, Lowell    
       Amherst History Museum, Amherst    
       Amos Blanchard House, Andover & North Andover    
       Aptucxet Trading Post, Bourne    
       Aquinnah Cliffs, Aquinnah    
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