New Hampshire was one of the original 13 colonies, which were areas of the United States that were still under the control of England. The culture of the New Hampshire colony was a pretty strict one, as most of the people were very religious Puritans. New Hampshire was the first colony ...
In 1776, New Hampshire became the first colony to establish its own constitutional government, effectively declaring independence from Great Britain. Throughout the Revolutionary War, New Hampshire sent the colonists critical troops and supplies. In the Battle of Bunker Hill, nearly all the colonists'...
Massachusetts Bay Colony after a religious conflict with the Puritan Church. Winnacunnet, or Hampton, was founded in the same year by Reverend Stephen Batchelor, who moved there from Newbury, Massachusetts, to establish a new church and colony. By 1640, the state had a total population of ...
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Fun Facts About New Hampshire Nickname:The Granite State; also the Mother of Rivers, White Mountain State, and Switzerland of America Origin of name:The state was named in honor of Hampshire, a county in England. Motto:"Live Free or Die" ...
History of Maine Image: Map of Early Maine The 1622 grant of the Province of Maine is outlined in blue. The Province of New Hampshire is shown in teal, and the colony of Maine is shown in pink. The boundaries of the Massachusetts Bay Company grant are shown in green. The Province of ...
The settlers of New Haven went even farther than the Massachusetts rulers and held that the State should be a part of the Church. So Massachusetts was not entirely to their liking. They passed only one winter there, then moved away and settled New Haven. The colony’s success soon ...
Featured post Featured 2 A Meet and Suitable Person "Deeply and impressively researched, this book deftly describes tavern keeping in Hampton, New Hampshire during the 1638-1783 period. Consistently informative and entertaining, the book authentically depicts daily life in the colony." - 21st Annual...
Following the legal precedent of the colony of Virginia in 1652, laws in the New Hampshire Colony provided that the status of children as slave or free would be determined by the status of the mother. On June 10, 1760, a free mulatto woman named Leisha Webb, whose husband was a slave,...
William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania, and called it a Holy Experiment. He was the leader of a group of settlers called Quakers, who wanted Pennsylvania’s government to rule according to their religious truths. Though rooted in Christianity, the early Quakers taught that all people in...