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Units of New Hampshire History

What was New Hampshire like long ago? If you were an Abenaki kid, how would your life be different than it is now? What if you lived during the American Revolution? Or the great industrial age? Would you work in a factory as many 10-year-olds did then? When your ancestors came to the Granite State, would it have looked the same? How has New Hampshire changed over the years? And how has it stayed the same?

The units below will guide you through the story of New Hampshire.

Colonization and Settlement

Explore the British settlement of New Hampshire. Find out what happened to both the Abenaki and the English when they came into contact with one another. Discover how the English claimed New Hampshire for their own and changed it. What were those first English settlements like?

Unit 3

Settling New Hampshire
European explorers, English settlements on the seacoast, fish, fur, and forests, Abenaki

Unit 4

Building a Colony
Portsmouth, Scots-Irish, Masonian Proprietors, the Merrimack Valley

Revolution and the New Nation

See why the people of New Hampshire rebelled against Great Britain and uncover the ways New Hampshire contributed to the American Revolution. When the revolution was over, the people needed to create a new government. What would your ideal government look like?

Unit 5

New Hampshire and the American Revolution
Stamp Act, Pine Tree Riot, John Stark, Battle of Bennington, patriots and loyalists

Unit 6

Establishing Government
State and federal constitutions, federalism

Unit 7

Building a State
Transportation, early industrialization, market economy, and a state identity

Expansion and Reform

Explore the big changes that occurred in New Hampshire between 1800 and the Civil War, especially with the development of the first factories and mills. How did people react to industrialization and the growing conflict between North and South that eventually led to the Civil War?

Unit 8

Changing Times on the Farm
NH farming, sheep boom, stone walls

Unit 9

Reforming New Hampshire
New religions, social justice, educational reform, abolition

Unit 10

New Hampshire and the Civil War
Sectionalism and slavery, Lincoln and the Republican Party, NH soldiers and nurses, and statues

20th-Century New Hampshire

Explore how New Hampshire contributed to two world wars and survived the Great Depression. Discover the new industries that emerged in the 20th century in the Granite State and how New Hampshire helps Americans elect a president every four years. Is this New Hampshire starting to look like the New Hampshire you know?

Unit 15

Forging a Modern Identity
World wars, the Great Depression, modern tourism, culture and literature

Unit 16

New Hampshire Primary
1952 election, retail politics, underdogs, midnight voting, town hall meetings