Mass has always been a cantankerous state...
Cantankerous?
No, Massachusetts is a loyalist state. The loyalty is to the Queen and the superiority of England
Massachusetts,like many states,has a slogan on its license plates. New York has "Empire State". New Jersey has "Garden State".Kalifornia has "Golden State".
Massachusetts plates have "The Spirit of America". There was surely a time when that was true.But today it's a lot more like "The Spirit of Venezuela" (or North Korea).