New+Hampshire

= New Hampshire Colony =

// The English Colony of New Hampshire //
==== In 1767, New Hampshire took its first census and reported about 52,700 people. By 1772, the state was divided into five counties. Five others have been added since 1800. New Hampshire soldiers played a large part in the colonial wars between Great Britain and France from 1689 to 1763. By the end of the colonial period, the seat of government was at Portsmouth. There were 147 chartered towns in the province. ====

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// Why New Hampshire was Founded.. //
=== === === New Hampshire was a planned colony. The land in the New World was granted to Captain John Mason who lived in Hampshire County, England. He sent settlers to the new territory to create a fishing colony. ===

Sir John Wentworth (August 9, 1737 – April 8, 1820) was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire during the time of the American Revolution.
==== Although Wentworth was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and was generally sympathetic to the colonists in their early disagreements with the crown, he remained loyal and was forced to leave New Hampshire in 1775. ==== ==== Wentworth was an American colonial governor, he went to England as an agent of the New Hampshire colony in 1765 and was chosen as Governor, serving until 1775. He was a successful Governor and did a lot to increase the importance and prosperity of New Hampshire. He became unpopular among the insurgents by complying with a request for aid by the British in Boston and went to England in 1775. ====