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2 days ago · On January 5, 1776, New Hampshire became the first colony to declare independence from Great Britain, almost six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed by the Continental Congress. The United States Constitution was ratified by New Hampshire on June 21, 1788, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to do so.
1 day ago · New Hampshire, constituent state of the U.S. One of the original 13 states, it is located in New England at the northeastern corner of the country. It is bounded to the north by Canada, to the east by Maine and the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Massachusetts, and to the west by Vermont.
2 days ago · Benning Wentworth governed New Hampshire from 1741 to 1767 – the longest serving royal governor in British America. His house, both awkward and elegant, was the political and social heart of late colonial New Hampshire.
2 days ago · The idea of New Hampshire was not, as with other American colonies, to provide a safe haven for people to practice their religion; rather, New Hampshire was envisioned as a new English colony for business and expansion.
1 day ago · 1st. Natural Rights of the Colonists as Men. Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First, a right to life; secondly to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can.
5 days ago · New England, region, northeastern United States, including the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region was named by Captain John Smith, who explored its shores in 1614 for some London merchants.
2 days ago · In 1707 there were 70 slaves in New Hampshire, which consisted of the handful of towns on the coast, the Piscataqua, and Great Bay. Slave numbers peaked on the eve of the Revolution; in 1775 there were 656 slaves in New Hampshire, mostly in the south eastern part of the state [22].
