New+Hampshire

__ Geography __
== It is located between Maine and Vermont. There are mostly harbors; one of the most important harbors is Portsmouth, in New Hampshire and fishing and whaling is mostly used within the waters. Also located within many like; Androscoggin, Connecticut, and Merrimack. The White Mountain Trail is one of the main mountains of New Hampshire. Most of the land was not a fertile soil and it was mainly rocky. All of these factors affected the development; town and societies were developed near the ocean and thrived by what the Pacific Ocean had to offer. ==

__ History __
== New Hampshire became a colony in 1623, when it was giving to Captain John T. Mason by the British Crown as a Royal charter. John T. Mason was a British Official at the time and had just become from Britain. People started to settle in New Hampshire because of its trade and fishing, around the harbors. New Hampshire was mostly an economical source, which used fishing as their most important resource. Although it was mostly inhabited by British, there were some tribes around the northern, southern and few in the middle of New Hampshire. The Algonquin tribes lived in the North and the South, and the Penacooks lived mostly in the center of the colony. ==

__ Economics __
== The colony’s economy was based on fishing, boat making and trade around the coast. New Hampshire’s was basically based on sea marketing, all kind of sea food, boats and slaves. New Hampshire was one of the most important places of slave trade. New Hampshire used the slave to work for them and, most of them, to trade within the colonies and Britain. ==

__ Social __
== Most of the population in New Hampshire was British, but there were also some Native American. New Hampshire’s Native American’s spoke a different language than English. New Hampshire was mainly Puritan. Although women did not worked like men did, they were quite an important piece I the development. Women were in charge of making the clothing, and also to provide with medical services, first aid, to the men on the town. ==

__ Political __
== New Hampshire was giving to Captain John Mason by the British Crown as a Royal charter. Due to the center population close to the coast, New Hampshire had a Direct Democracy. All citizen, males and owners of land, have the right to vote. ==

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 * 1) ==  New Hampshire used the triangle of trade as part of their economy. They traded slaves for ships and raw materials.  ==
 * 2) ==  After the French and Indian War Britain’s salutary neglect help New Hampshire’s economy to prosper.  ==
 * 3) ==  Mercantilism was a big part of New Hampshire. The colony traded fur, cattle, lumber and fish to Britain  ==
 * 4) ==  New Hampshire did not was affected, or was part of the Great Awaking. They mainly were Puritanism.  ==
 * 5) ==  New Hampshire mainly cash crop was tobacco, because of the rocky soil in the region.  ==
 * 6) ==  Indentured Servitude in New Hampshire came abrupt when the American Revolution started. People were needed for projects around New Hampshire like around sawmill and harbors.  ==

== The Roger’s Rangers were one of the biggest lines of defense in New Hampshire and New England. They were involved in the taking of many forts in the western and southern parts of New England. As result of the French and Indian War, New Hampshire’s commerce increased, and new ideas started developing. New form of organized government was being creating, and more separation from the mother country was causing new ideas to be spread more easily. Due to the increase of ideas and pride of the win on the war, many colonials were becoming more patriotic. People in New Hampshire, although they could not notice it yet, were leading more towards revolution. ==

== Both General John Sullivan, who, at the time, was on control of the New Hampshire militia. And General John Stark, that severed in the New Hampshire militia, and formed part in the battles of the revolutionary war. New Hampshire was part of seizing supplies for the British army, which was one of the first actions of colonist rebels. Although New Hampshire did become a very powerful and organized line during the Revolutionary War, they did not fight any battle on their land. New Hampshire was the first colony to announce their desire to independence and proposed the idea of a constitution. And also, New Hampshire was the ninth colony to agree in a constitution. ==