Massachusetts

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The government of Massachusetts is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Massachusetts has a long political history; earlier political structures included the Mayflower Compact of 1620, the separate Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, and the combined colonial Province of Massachusetts. The Ballotpedia:Massachusetts Constitution was ratified in 1780 while the Revolutionary War was in progress, four years after the Articles of Confederation was drafted, and eight years before the present United States Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788. Drafted by John Adams, Massachusetts's constitution is one of the oldest functioning written constitutions in continuous effect in the world.^[1]

Transparency report card


State	B
Counties
Cities	C
School districts	D

Massachusetts open government information

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	State government
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	Local government
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↑ John Adams and the Massachusetts Constitution. Massachusetts Judicial Branch, mass.gov (2007). Retrieved on July 18, 2009.

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