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The founder of New Hampshire was John Mason. It was founded in 1638.
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Massachusetts took over New Hampshire in 1641 and had control until 1691.
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New Hampshire separated from Massachusetts in 1691 and got their government back.
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Bennington Wentworth was elected governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to 1776.
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Parliament in Britain passed King George III’s Stamp Act that put taxes on thing for the colonies.
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New Hampshire was the one of the first colonies to get independence from England in 1774.
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The independent government of New Hampshire was established in 1776 when the Declaration was passed.
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The first state to hold a constitutional convention was New Hampshire in 1778.
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The constitution was referred for the first time to people in 1783 in New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire was the 9th state in the United States in 1788.
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The Portsmouth Navy Yard was established in 1800 for all American navy ships.
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The state capital of New Hampshire was Concord in 1808.
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New Hampshire passed the religious toleration act witch prohibited taxation for church purposes.
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The first United Sates public library was founded in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
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The border of New Hampshire was established in 1840 between Canada and New Hampshire.
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Hillsboro native Franklin Pierce because the 14th U.S. President in 1853.
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The world’s largest wooden ship was built in 1864 in Portland, New Hampshire and was named the USS Franklin.
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When the 13th amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified it abolished slavery.
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New Hampshire’s 18th regiment was led into Richmond, Virginia during the civil war
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Lucy Swallow and Delia Brown become the first female students of University of New Hampshire in 1890.
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Treaty of Portsmouth signed in Portsmouth, ended Russo-Japanese War in 1905.
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The first primary held in New Hampshire in 1916.
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In 1923 The University of New Hampshire was established in the town of Durham.
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In 1945 during World War 2 German U-Boats surrendered in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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In 1961 a native of New Hampshire Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
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In 1964 the New Hampshire Lottery was created.
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In 1986 space shuttle Challenger exploded and New Hampshire school teacher Christa McAuliffe was killed.
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In 2003 Rocky the icon Old Man of the Mountain collapsed because of an earthquake.
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New Hampshire was the first state to recognize same sex unions in 2007
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After ice storms crippled electrical grids then a state of emergency was declared for New Hampshire in 2008.
