Statehood 1776

New Hampshire

The English first settled New Hampshire in the 1620s, with the province named by Captain John Mason in 1629. The communities were organized under Massachusetts Bay Colony governance in 1641, until Charles II issued a colonial charter and appointed John Cutt as President of New Hampshire in 1679; the territory was briefly absorbed into the Dominion of New England in 1686 before being re-established as an English crown colony by October 7, 1691, with its charter enacted on May 14, 1692. After Governor John Wentworth fled New Hampshire in August 1775, the inhabitants adopted a constitution in early 1776, establishing the State of New Hampshire, with independence confirmed by the 1783 Treaty of Paris.

Statehood
1776
Admitted as
State of New Hampshire
Historic sites
825
Military engagements
63

Pre-contact era

The source text does not provide detailed information about pre-contact indigenous peoples of New Hampshire. The text briefly references the Abenaki people in the context of military conflicts with New Hampshire from the 1680s until 1760, but does not describe their pre-contact society or history.

Colonial history

Between 1699 and 1741, the province's governor was often concurrently the governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The territory was briefly absorbed into the Dominion of New England in 1686 before being re-established as a separate crown colony in 1691/1692. From the 1680s until 1760, New Hampshire was often on the front lines of military conflicts with New France and the Abenaki people.

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825
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63
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1
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4
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3
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Sources

State history content adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Historic sites data: National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

About New Hampshire

When did New Hampshire become a state?
New Hampshire was admitted to the Union in 1776 as the State of New Hampshire.
What European powers colonized New Hampshire?
The territory that became New Hampshire passed through several colonial periods. Between 1699 and 1741, the province's governor was often concurrently the governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The territory was briefly absorbed into the Dominion of New England in 1686 before being re-established as a separate crown colony in 1691/1692. From the 1680s until 1760, New Hampshire was often on the front lines of military conflicts with New France and the Abenaki people.
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