New+Hampshire

= ﻿Welcome to New Hampshire! = = =

Founded in 1623 by: John Mason
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 * ======**(1622)** King James I granted region between Salem and Merrimac Rivers to John Mason, Sir Ferdinando; granted region between Merrimac and Kennebec Rivers to David Thomson======
 * ======**(1623)** Dover settlement founded======
 * ======**(1629)** John Mason received land grant and named the new settlement New Hampshire======
 * ======**(1641)** Massachusetts Colony gained control of New Hampshire settlements======
 * ======**(1642)** School Act of Massachusetts, required children to be taught reading, citizenship, religion======
 * ======**(1645)** First recorded slave in Portsmouth======
 * ======**(1690)** Warship, Falkland, constructed for British Navy in Portsmouth======
 * ======**(1691)** New Hampshire permanently separated from Massachusetts, becoming the Royal Province (colony) of New Hampshire.======
 * ======**(1717)** John Wentworth became New Hampshire's lieutenant governor======
 * ======**(1734)** Religious revival, Great Awakening, swept through New Hampshire======
 * ======**(1741)** Bennington Wentworth became Colony Governor======
 * ======**(1765)** King George III's Stamp Act went into effect======
 * ======**(1774)** New Hampshire first state to declare independence from England; Powder raid occurred======
 * ======**(1776)** Declaration of Independence read on state house steps; independent government established; state adopted revolutionary constitution======
 * ======**(1778)** New Hampshire first state to hold constitutional convention======
 * ======**(1783)** New Hampshire first state to require constitution be referred to people for approval======
 * ======**(1788)** U. S. Constitution ratified; New Hampshire became 9th U. S. state======
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 * ==__Important Facts:__==

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 * ====In 1641 New Hampshire made a coalition with Massachusetts====

but in 1680 the king separated them and made a royal province.

 * ====Their first settlement was Pannaway Plantation.====
 * ====New Hampshires major city is Concord.====
 * ====New Hampshires main source of trade is fish.====
 * ====English settlers who were sent by John Mason, came to New Hamshire In 1623.====
 * ====People from Londonderry, Ireland settled in New Hamshire in 1719.====
 * ====Indian tribes lived in New Hamshire. The Algonquian tribes supported the French and the Iroquois were on the British side.====

__**Some of the settlements are:**__

 * ======Exeter======
 * ======Hampton======
 * ======Portsmouth======
 * ======Dover======

Signers of The Declaration of Independence :

 * === Josiah Bartlett ===
 * ===William Whipple===
 * === Matthew Thornton ===