New Hampshire Colony

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British colony in North America former colony

New Hampshire Colony was an early English settlement in North America that developed as a separate royal colony known for its small farming communities, timber, and fishing industries.

Aliases (1)

New Hampshire colony ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony in North America → former colony →
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean → Massachusetts Bay Colony → Province of Maine → Province of Quebec →
capital	Portsmouth →
charteredAsRoyalColony	1679 →
colonialPower	England → Great Britain →
continent	North America →
country	Kingdom of England →
currency	British pound →
demographics	English colonists → Native American peoples →
dissolvedOn	1776 →
economyBasedOn	fishing → fur trade → shipbuilding → small-scale farming → timber →
endTime	1776 →
followedBy	New Hampshire →
foundedBy	Ferdinando Gorges → John Mason →
governmentType	royal colony →
headOfGovernment	royal governor →
inception	1623 →
indigenousPeoples	Abenaki →
languageUsed	English →
legislativeBody	General Assembly of New Hampshire →
locatedIn	New England → North America →
majorIndustry	lumber exports for Royal Navy masts →
namedAfter	County of Hampshire → Hampshire, England →
partOf	Thirteen Colonies →
precededBy	Province of New Hampshire under Massachusetts Bay →
primarySettlement	Dover → Exeter → Hampton → Portsmouth →
religion	Protestantism → Puritanism →
replacedBy	State of New Hampshire →
significantEvent	became separate royal colony in 1679 → participation in the American Revolutionary War →
sovereignState	Kingdom of Great Britain →
startTime	1623 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
New Hampshire General Assembly ("New Hampshire colony") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Massachusetts Bay Colony →	borderedBy