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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.

In 1620, the Pilgrims established Plymouth Colony, the second successful settlement in British America after the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, founded in 1607. Ten years later, Puritans established Massachusetts Bay Colony north of Plymouth Colony. Over the next 126 years, people in the region fought in four French and Indian Wars until the English colonists and their Iroquois allies defeated the French and their Algonquian allies. (Full article...)

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The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) is a privately owned museum in Massachusetts whose stated aim is "to celebrate the labor of artists whose work would be displayed and appreciated in no other forum". It has three branches, one in Dedham, another in nearby Somerville, and a third branch in Brookline. Its permanent collection includes 500 pieces of "art too bad to be ignored", 25 to 35 of which are on public display at any one time.

MOBA was founded in 1994, after antique dealer Scott Wilson showed a painting he had recovered from the trash to some friends, who suggested starting a collection. Within a year, receptions held in Wilson's friends' home were so well-attended that the collection required its own viewing space. The museum moved to the basement of a theater in Dedham. Explaining the reasoning behind the museum's establishment, co-founder Jerry Reilly said in 1995: "While every city in the world has at least one museum dedicated to the best of art, MOBA is the only museum dedicated to collecting and exhibiting the worst." To be included in MOBA's collection, works must be original and have serious intent, but they must also have significant flaws without being boring; curators are not interested in displaying deliberate kitsch. (Full article...)

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Portrait of Samuel Adams by John Singleton Copley

Samuel Adams was a Massachusetts statesman, politician, writer, and political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Adams was instrumental in garnering the support of the colonies in rebellion against Great Britain, ultimately resulting in the American Revolution. He was also one of the key architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped American political culture. Adams organized protests against the British, including the Boston Tea Party in 1773, and participated in the Continental Congress. He also advocated for the adoption of the Declaration of Independence at the Second Continental Congress. Following the American Revolution, Adams helped draft the Articles of Confederation. After the war ended, he ran for the House of Representatives in the 1st United States Congressional election, but was unsuccessful in his bid. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1789 and after John Hancock's death in 1793, Adams served as the acting governor, until he was elected governor in January of the following year. He served in that position until June 1797 when he decided to retire from politics. (Full article...)

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Tabby cat, the official cat of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Image 1An illustration from Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (from Culture of New England)
Image 2Indigenous territories, circa 1600 in present-day southern New England (from New England)
Image 310. Manchester, New Hampshire (from New England)
Image 4New England's Siege of Louisbourg (1745) by Peter Monamy (from New England)
Image 53. Providence, Rhode Island (from New England)
Image 6New England is home to four of the eight Ivy League universities. Pictured here is Harvard Yard of Harvard University. (from New England)
Image 7Southeastern New England is home to a number of Lusophone ethnic enclaves. (from New England)
Image 8Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (from New England)
Image 9The White Mountains of New Hampshire are part of the Appalachian Mountains. (from New England)
Image 10The Hartford headquarters of Aetna is housed in a 1931 Colonial Revival building. (from New England)
Image 11Köppen climate types in New England (from New England)
Image 127. New Haven, Connecticut (from New England)
Image 13Montpelier, Vermont, is the smallest state capital in the United States. (from New England)
Image 14Soldier and explorer John Smith coined the name "New England" in 1616. (from New England)
Image 15The Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (from New England)
Image 16The New Haven system (from History of New England)
Image 17Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston and spent most of his literary career in Concord, Massachusetts. (from Culture of New England)
Image 18Bread and Roses Strike. Massachusetts National Guard troops surround unarmed strikers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. (from New England)
Image 19The Port of Portland in Portland, Maine, is the largest tonnage seaport in New England. (from New England)
Image 20Flag of the New England Governor's Conference (NEGC) (from New England)
Image 21Classic New England Congregationalist church in Peacham, Vermont (from Culture of New England)
Image 22Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom is set on a fictional New England island and was largely filmed in Rhode Island (from New England)
Image 23A classic New England Congregational church in Peacham, Vermont (from New England)
Image 24Autumn in New England, watercolor, Maurice Prendergast, c. 1910–1913 (from New England)
Image 25Ethnic origins in New England (from New England)
Image 26Certificate of the government of Massachusetts Bay acknowledging loan of £20 to state treasury 1777 (from History of New England)
Image 27New England regionalist poet Robert Frost (from New England)
Image 282. Worcester, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 29Map of the British and French dominions in America in 1755, showing what the English considered New England (from History of New England)
Image 304. Springfield, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 31Alumni Hall at Saint Anselm College has served as a backdrop for media reports during the New Hampshire primary. (from New England)
Image 326. Stamford, Connecticut (from New England)
Image 33A plowed field in Bethel, Vermont (from New England)
Image 34Phillips Exeter Academy and Phillips Academy are two prestigious New England secondary schools founded in the late 18th century (from New England)
Image 35Largest self-reported ancestry groups in New England. Americans of Irish descent form a plurality in most of Massachusetts, while Americans of English descent form a plurality in much of the central parts of Vermont and New Hampshire as well as nearly all of Maine. (from New England)
Image 361. Boston, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 37First Boston Latin School house (from History of New England)
Image 38Opera houses and theaters, like the Vergennes Opera House in Vergennes, Vermont, are popular in New England towns. (from Culture of New England)
Image 39Boston's Symphony Hall is the home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—the second-oldest of the Big Five American symphony orchestras. (from New England)
Image 40The MBTA Commuter Rail serves eastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, radiating from downtown Boston, with planned service to New Hampshire. The CTrail system operates the Shore Line East and Hartford Line, covering coastal Connecticut, Hartford, and Springfield, Massachusetts. (from New England)
Image 41A portion of the north-central Pioneer Valley in Sunderland, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 42An English map of New England c. 1670 depicts the area around modern Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (from New England)
Image 43World's largest Irish flag in Boston. People who claim Irish descent constitute the largest ethnic ancestry in New England. (from New England)
Image 448. Hartford, Connecticut (from New England)
Image 45The New England Ensign, one of several flags historically associated with New England. This flag was reportedly used by colonial merchant ships sailing out of New England ports, 1686 – c. 1737. (from New England)
Image 46A political and geographical map of New England shows the coastal plains in the southeast, and hills, mountains and valleys in the west and the north. (from New England)
Image 47A Hartford Line train at Hartford Union Station (from New England)
Image 48Flag of New England flying in Massachusetts. New Englanders maintain a strong sense of regional and cultural identity. (from New England)
Image 49Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a high concentration of startups and technology companies. (from New England)
Image 50A 1638 engraving depicting the Mystic massacre (from New England)
Image 51Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire (from New England)
Image 52A 1779 five-shilling note issued by Massachusetts (from History of New England)
Image 539. Cambridge, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 545. Bridgeport, Connecticut (from New England)
Image 55A New England town meeting in Huntington, Vermont (from New England)

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... that the first railroad in New England was powered by horses?
... that Benjamin Tompson's poem "Harvardine Quils" called for writers in New England to memorialize the loss of "whole towns and Churches" in King Philip's War?
... that Rockstar New England is based in Andover, Massachusetts, because it is the founder's "favorite place"?
... that Cora Agnes Benneson, one of the first female lawyers in New England, was rejected by Harvard Law School because "the equipments were too limited to make suitable provision for receiving women"?
... that Clayton Weishuhn set the New England Patriots single-season record of 229 tackles in 1983, a record that still stands?
... that the tugboat R. B. Forbes was the first iron mercantile vessel built in New England?
... that the Chippewa have smoked the root of the New England aster in pipes to attract game?
... that the first time the New England Revolution competed in an international competition, they played their "home" match at their opponent's stadium?

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... that a coin-collecting shop has become the largest supplier of gold to the U.S. Treasury?
... that author and anti-globalization advocate Tim Costello started his writing career in the back of his truck while traveling as a long-haul truck driver?
... that a portion of the Rhode Island Route 37 expressway was inadvertently constructed over a historic cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island?

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Rhode Island
Incorporated 1776
Co-ordinates 41.7°N 71.5°W

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is the smallest in area, the 8th least populous, but the 2nd most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states.

Rhode Island was the first of the original Thirteen Colonies to declare independence from British rule, declaring itself independent on May 4, 1776, two months before any other colony. The State was also the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the United States Constitution.

Rhode Island's official nickname is "The Ocean State," a reference to the State's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays and inlets that amount to about fourteen (14) percent of its total area. Its land area is 1,045 square miles (2706 km²), but its total area is significantly larger. (Full article...)

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