New+Hampshire

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=History= ====Captain John Wheelright founded New Hampshire in 1638. Captain John Mason held the 1629 land Grant, but he never ended up seeing New Hampshire. After about 40 years of union with Massachusetts, New Hampshire became a separate royal colony in 1679. New Hampshire representatives recieved and honor to be the first to vote for the Declaration of Independce on July 4th. It also was the //first// colony to declare independence from England. There tradition is being self-sufficient. New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It was founded so people could have a place that was not controlled by the same religious elites they had come from. The jobs of New Hampshire pilgrims were fishing, lumber, ship building and farming. Public education in New Hampshire was established by law in 1647 when New Hampshire was a part of Massachusetts.==== ====The state capital is Concord. A major city in New Hampshire would be Manchester. It's Governor is John Lynch. The Senators are Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen. It's nickname is "The Granite State". The land area is 8,968 square miles. Their population is 1,287,687 people. The motto is "Live free, or die."!==== ====New Hampshire's state tree is Paper Birch. Their state insect is the ladybug. The state flower is the Purple Lilac. The state bird is the Purple Finch. The New Hampshire state animal is the white tailed deer. The state butterfly is the Karner Blue**.** The state dog is the Chinook, a sled dog. The state fish is the Striped bass. The state amphibian is the Red-spotted Newt. The state fruit is the Pumpkin. The state tree is the White Birch. The state rock is granite.====

~What New Hampshire would look like on the map~

=﻿Timeline:=

**1600's** **1700's** **1800's**
 * **(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
 * **(1808)** State capitol established in Concord
 * **(1809)** Explosion at Fort Constitution on Independence Day killed 14 people
 * **(1813)** Devastating fire in Portsmouth
 * **(1819)** Taxation for church purposes prohibited by religious toleration act
 * **(1833)** First U. S. public library founded in Peterborough
 * **(1840)** Webster-Ashburton Treaty determined official border between state and Canada
 * **(1853)** Hillsboro native, Franklin Pierce, became 14th U. S. President
 * **(1864)** Largest wooden ship, USS Franklin, built in Portland
 * **(1****865)** New Hampshire's 18th Regiment led Union troops into Richmond, VA during Civil War