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1603
Englishman Martin Pring, who investigated the Portsmouth area in 1603 -
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Settlement
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Samuel
Reknowned French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who mapped the coastline in 1605. -
1614
John Smith, the early Jamestown settler, surveyed the coast of New Hampshire in 1614 -
John Smith
It was visited by Captain John Smith in 1614. -
1622
New Hampshire was included in a grant of land in 1622 by the Council for New England -
1623
In 1623, the Council for New England granted a charter to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason for the lands between the Kennebec and Merrimack rivers. -
1623
Other fishermen settled on the site of Dover 1623 -
1641
New Hampshire settlements were put into massachusetts -
1641
Much of New Hampshire's early history is the same to Massachusetts. From 1641 to 1643, -
New Hampshire
New Hampshire was incorporated into a part of massachusetts -
1677
Maine was purchased from the proprietors in 1677. -
Charles
In 1679, Charles II of England made New Hampshire a separate political entity and granted it a royal charter -
1680
The colony received a new royal charter in 1680, under which the king selected a president and council. -
Revolution
However, at the time of the Glorious Revolution in England, Massachusetts again regained control from 1689 to 1692 -
native american
Warfare against the French and Native Americans in the northern frontier areas of New Hampshire was frequent from 1690 -
1719
In 1719, a new settlement was established by Scots from Londonderry, Ireland, who named their new home in honor of their original town. -
Split
Land disputes and general ill feeling continued to exist between the two colonies until, in 1741 -
peace
until the peace at the end of the Seven Year's War in 1763. -
college
Dartmouth College was established in 1769 by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock -
1820
Maine did not fare as well and remained part of Massachusetts until it achieved statehood under the provisions of the Missouri Compromise in 1820.
