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Feb 9, 2024 · First Government — The commission established the “President & Counsel for the Province of New Hampshire in New England” and set up the first government, which included a President, President’s Council, and General Assembly.
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Nov 8, 2020 · Learn about the founding, settlement, and independence of New Hampshire, one of the 13 original colonies of the United States. Explore the role of Indigenous peoples, the natural resources, and the leaders of the colony.
- Virginia. Virginia was the first permanently settled English colony, with the 1607 founding of Jamestown. The Virginia Company, a joint stock company which had been given the charter by King James I to found the colony, set up a General Assembly.
- Massachusetts. Massachusetts Bay Colony was created in 1629 by a charter from King Charles I, and the first settlers arrived in 1630. While the Massachusetts Bay Company was intended to transfer the colonial wealth to Britain, the settlers themselves transferred the charter to Massachusetts, turning a commercial venture into a political one.
- New Hampshire. New Hampshire was created as a proprietary colony, founded in 1623. The Council for New England gave the charter to Captain John Mason. Puritans from Massachusetts Bay also helped settle the colony.
- Maryland. Maryland was the first proprietary government, which means that the proprietor had executive authority. George Calvert, the first Baron Baltimore, was a Roman Catholic who faced discrimination in England.
Aug 29, 2011 · Learn more facts about New Hampshire Colony history and government in this brief overview of the colony.
New Hampshire formed its own state government in January 1776, and in June 1776 it instructed its delegates attending the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to vote for independence. New Hampshire’s vote was the ninth and decisive vote in ratifying the Constitution of the United States in 1788.
After the American Revolutionary War began in April 1775, the province recruited regiments that served in the Siege of Boston, and was the first former European colony to formally establish an independent government, as the State of New Hampshire, in January 1776.
Nov 9, 2009 · In 1776, New Hampshire became the first colony to establish its own constitutional government, effectively declaring independence from Great Britain.
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