History of New Hampshire
New Hapshire was once first called North Virginia. Massachusetts once had jurisdiction over New
Hampshire. For approximately 12,000years New Hampshire has been inhabited. In 1623, the first
permanent was the European settlement in New Hampshire. New Hampshire's seacoast was divied
amoung four towns by 1640. The four original towns subdivided into smaller area when the population
grew.
New Hampshire people made their living through a combination of farming, cutting and sawing
timber, fishing, ship building, and coastal trade in the 1600s. Electrical and other machinery, textiles,
pulp and paper products are the most important industrial products. The major agricultural pursuits
are dairy, poultry, growing fruit, vegetables, and hay.