New Hampshire

New Hampshire was one of the thirteen colonies that rebelled against British rule during the American Revolution. Various Algonquian (Abenaki and Pennacook) tribes inhabited the area prior to European settlement. English and French explorers visited New Hampshire in 1600–1605, and English fishermen settled at Odiorne's Point in present-day Rye in 1623. The first permanent settlement was at Hilton's Point (present-day Dover). By 1631, the Upper Plantation comprised modern-day Dover, Durham and Stratham; in 1679, it became the "Royal Province." Father Rale's War was fought between the colonists and the Wabanaki Confederacy throughout New Hampshire.

By the time of the American Revolution, New Hampshire was a divided province. The economic and social life of the Seacoast revolved around sawmills, shipyards, merchant's warehouses, and established village and town centers. Wealthy merchants built substantial homes, furnished them with the finest luxuries, and invested their capital in trade and land speculation.

In the spring, New Hampshire's many sap houses hold sugaring-off open houses. In summer and early autumn, New Hampshire is home to many county fairs, the largest being the Hopkinton State Fair, in Contoocook. New Hampshire's Lakes Region is home to many summer camps, especially around Lake Winnipesaukee, and is a popular tourist destination. The Peterborough Players have performed every summer in Peterborough, New Hampshire since 1933. In the fall New Hampshire is host to the New Hampshire Highland Games. New Hampshire has also registered an official tartan with the proper authorities in Scotland, used to make kilts worn by the Lincoln Police Department while its officers serve during the games. The fall foliage peaks in mid-October. In the winter, New Hampshire's ski areas and snowmobile trails attract visitors from a wide area. After the lakes freeze over they become dotted with ice fishing ice houses, known locally as bob houses.

America's Revolutionary War

Personal dignity and pride-of-place motivated the colony of New Hampshire to adopt its own constitution in 1776, many months before America's Revolutionary War ended and the Declaration of Independence was signed in the city of Philadelphia.New Hampshire became the ninth and last necessary state to ratify the new Constitution of the United States on June 21, 1788. and John Langdon (of New Hampshire) became the country's first acting Vice President.
America's Civil War

Across America, the plight of black slaves in the southern states was a controversial issue. During the administration of Franklin Pierce, New Hampshire's only President of the United States (1853–57), that moral dispute between the northern and southern states peaked, and in 1861 America's Civil War began. During the bloody Civil War, New Hampshire supported The Union of The United States of America, contributing more than its share of troops and supplies. The Civil War lasted four years, and nearly 6,000 of New Hampshire's best were dead.

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Manchester, NH

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"Four" good reasons to live in New Hampshire.

The Governor of New Hampshire is Maggie Hassan (Democrat). New Hampshire's two U.S. senators are Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat) and Kelly Ayotte (Republican). New Hampshire's two U.S. representatives are Carol Shea-Porter (Democrat) and Ann McLane Kuster (Democrat).