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2. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

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   List of U.S. states. The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution.

3. History of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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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 variety of Native American tribes. Massachusetts is named after the Massachusett tribe that inhabited the area of present-day Greater Boston.

4. List of states and territories of the United States - Wikipedia

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   A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from this map. This article is part of a series on.

5. Charlestown State Prison - Wikipedia

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   Charlestown State Prison. /  42.3747528°N 71.0675667°W  / 42.3747528; -71.0675667. Charlestown State Prison was a correctional facility in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts operated by the Massachusetts Department of Correction. The facility was built at Lynde's Point, now at the intersection of Austin Street and New Rutherford Avenue ...

6. Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Suffolk district

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   Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Boston in Suffolk County. [1] [2] Democrat Angelo M. Scaccia has represented the district since 1995. [3] Candidates for this district seat in ...

7. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   2-letter codes used by the United States Coast Guard (bold red text shows differences between ANSI and USCG) Abbreviations: GPO. Older variable-length official US Government Printing Office abbreviations. AP. Abbreviations from the AP Stylebook (bold red text shows differences between GPO and AP) Name and status of region. ISO.

8. Commonwealth v Griffith (MA 1823) - Wikipedia

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   Commonwealth v Griffith (MA 1823) Commonwealth v Griffith is a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court [1] case that dealt with a slave catcher named Camillus Griffith who recaptured an African American slave named Randolph (last name unknown). The issues brought up in this case were Griffith not attaining a warrant before seizing Randolph, if ...

9. Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district - Wikipedia

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   Massachusetts Senate's Cape and Islands district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. [1] It covers 66.7% of Barnstable County, all of Dukes County, and all of Nantucket County population in 2010. [2] [3] Democrat Julian Cyr of Truro has represented the district since 2017. [4]