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The state of New Hampshire is in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. New Hampshire is the 5th smallest by land area and the 9th least populous of the 50 United States.
In January 1776, it became the first of the British North American colonies to establish a government independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain's authority, and it was the first to establish its own state constitution. Six months later, it became one of the original 13 states that founded the United States of America, and in June 1788 it was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, bringing that document into effect.
Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the largest city in the state and in northern New England, including Vermont and Maine. It has no general sales tax, nor is personal income (other than interest and dividends) taxed at either the state or local level. The New Hampshire primary is the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle. Its license plates carry the state motto, "Live Free or Die." The state's nickname, "The Granite State," refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries.
Among prominent individuals from New Hampshire are founding father Nicholas Gilman, Senator Daniel Webster, Revolutionary War hero John Stark, editor Horace Greeley, founder of the Christian Science religion Mary Baker Eddy, poet Robert Frost, astronaut Alan Shepard, rock musician Ronnie James Dio, author Dan Brown, actor Adam Sandler, inventor Dean Kamen, comedians Sarah Silverman and Seth Meyers, restaurateurs Richard and Maurice McDonald, and President of the United States Franklin Pierce.
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Cemeteries
Cities and Towns
Ethnic Groups
Government
- New Hampshire General Court
- New Hampshire Governors
- United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire
- United States Senators from New Hampshire
History
- Before the Revolution: Pine Tree Root of 1772
- Cocheco Massacre of 1689
- Dummer's War
- French and Indian War: Roger's Rangers
- Founding of New Hampshire
- New Hampshire in the U.S. Civil War
- Oyster River Massacre
People
- Early New Hampshire Settlers
- Settlers & Native Families of the Middle Grant Towns
- Sharpe Family of Vilna and Nashua, New Hampshire