Skyscrapers sprouted across the financial district, with several cutting edge facilities established by many major corporations. ДЄs private and public interests flocked to Massachusetts, the face of the state changed as well. Located in Cambridge, the CIT was one of the foremost centers of higher learning in the nation, providing it with many great minds, including Robert House, who founded RobCo Industries in 2042, after graduating CIT, and turned it into one of the most profitable companies on the planet within five years. The evolution transformed the face of Massachusetts, with the state's economy supercharged by the emergence of a vibrant high technology sector spearheaded by the Commonwealth Institute of Technology. Its industry continued to play a prominent role well into the 20th century, though the state began to change midway through the century, after the formation of the 13 Commonwealths in 1969.

Following the nation's independence and becoming part of the United States, the area grew into an industrial power. Massachusetts was a vital battleground in the revolution and a major center of American political and spiritual thought. The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first engagements of the war, which spilled across the colonies. The powder keg finally ignited in 1775, when the Thirteen Colonies openly rebelled against the crown during the American Revolutionary War. The conflict between colonists and the crown was only aggravated by attempts to tax the colonies without giving them representation in the parliament, resulting in the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. Massachusetts became a hotbed of secessionist sentiment. Massachusetts was often settled by religious colonists in its early days, resulting in sustained growth and rising religious unrest, which included atrocities such as the Salem witch trials of 1692. 2.1 Lexington and Northwest CommonwealthДЄ powerful force in the history, industry, and culture of the United States, Massachusetts was one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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