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Educators. Unit Plans. Unit 3 Plan: Settling New Hampshire. Unit Summary. The English colonization of New Hampshire in the 17th century would in many ways define the area and its people for generations to come.
1603 - Englishman Martin Pring explores New Hampshire. 1623 - The first settlements are established at Rye and Dover. 1679 - New Hampshire is made a province of England. 1741 - New Hampshire splits from Massachusetts and becomes an English colony. 1764 - The Connecticut River is established as the border between New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
In the “New Hampshire Geography” unit, two lessons start with basic map skills and vocabulary, and examine where New Hampshire is in the world. Three lessons then focus on the types of land in New Hampshire, its weather, and its seven geographical (tourist) regions.
The Province of New Hampshire was an English colony in North America that existed from 1638 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of New Hampshire. For additional information refer to the. History of Colonial New Hampshire.
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The establishment of the New Hampshire Colony started in 1622 when the Council for New England gave a grant to Captain John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges for the territory between the Merrimack River and Kennebec River. Mason and Gorges sponsored an expedition to their territory for the purpose of establishing a colony with fishing operations and...
The history of New Hampshire is complex. The formation of the colony started with land grants that gave property rights to John Mason, Ferdinando Gorges, and the Laconia Company. The purpose of those grants was to allow the company to establish fishing operations on their property, not necessarily to create settlements that needed government and re...
Geography — New Hampshire Colony was located in New England. New Hampshire was bordered by Quebec (North), Maine and the Atlantic Ocean (East), Massachusetts (South), and New Netherland, later New York (West). Most of the eastern side of New Hampshire was bordered by Maine, which was part of Massachusetts. However, the southeast corner of the colon...
Religion — Like Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut, religion in New Hampshire was dominated by Puritan Congregationalism. However, since the colony was not founded for religious purposes, there was some level of religious tolerance. As the colony expanded, so did the religious denominations. Quakers were found in both the Piscataqua River Val...
John Mason— Mason is considered the Founder of New Hampshire. He invested a significant amount of his own money in the colony, trying to make it a profitable fishing operation. Unfortunately, Mason never had the opportunity to see New Hampshire. He died in 1635. David Thomson— Thomson and his wife Amias, along with a group of around 18 others — bui...
Robert Rogers — America’s First Ranger
Robert Rogers was born in northeastern Massachusetts in 1731. When he was 8, his family moved to New Hampshire and lived on the frontier. His father called the settlement “Munterloney,” and it is present-day Dunbarton, New Hampshire. In 1746 and 1747, Rogers served in the New Hampshire Militia during King George’s War and helped defend the New Hampshire frontier. After the French and Indian War broke out in 1754, Rogers joined the Connecticut militia, which is where he first met Israel Putnam...
Eunice Cole — The Supposed Witch of Hampton, New Hampshire
Eunice Cole — or “Goody Cole” — emigrated from England with her husband William Cole. They eventually settled in Hampton, New Hampshire. While living in Hampton from 1656 to 1680, Goody Cole was accused of witchcraft three times. In 1656, she was charged with afflicting people she knew, and was found guilty by the court in Boston. However, instead of being put to death, in accordance with the law, the court ordered her to be whipped and imprisoned. She was released from prison and her husband...
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The state motto of New Hampshire is "Live Free or Die." This bold statement of independence springs from the New Hampshire Colony's long struggle to set its borders, prosper, and move out from under the political and cultural shadow of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The first recorded visit to New Hampshire was made in 1603 when an English sea ...
For the first 100 years of New Hampshire’s colonial period, the English settled in the seacoast region and stayed within 40 miles of the coast. In these years, four communities of English settlers were created. These communities became New Hampshire’s first four towns. New Hampshire's First Four Towns.
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