Editing New Hampshire (section)

==History==
{{Main|History of New Hampshire}}
[[File:New Hampshire state coat of arms (illustrated, 1876).jpg|thumb|left|The historical coat of arms of New Hampshire, from 1876]]
Various [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]-speaking [[Abenaki people|Abenaki]] tribes, largely divided between the [[Androscoggin people|Androscoggin]], [[Cowasuck]] and [[Pennacook]] nations, inhabited the area before European colonization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tolatsga.org/aben.html|title=Abenaki|website=tolatsga.org|access-date=September 4, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411025556/http://www.tolatsga.org/aben.html|archive-date=April 11, 2010}}</ref> Despite the similar language, they had a very different culture and religion from other Algonquian peoples.
Indigenous people lived near [[Keene, New Hampshire]] 12,000 years ago, according to 2009 archaeological digs,<ref>{{Cite web |title=12,000 Years Ago in the Granite State |url=https://www.nhhumanities.org/programs/1258/12000-years-ago-in-the-granite-state |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=New Hampshire Humanities |language=en}}</ref> and the Abenaki were present in New Hampshire in pre-colonial times.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Michael |last=Harris|year= 2021 |title=N'dakinna: Our Homeland...Still – Additional Examples of Abenaki Presence in New Hampshire |url = https://scholars.unh.edu/spectrum/vol10/iss1/1 |journal=Spectrum|volume=10|issue=1|page=1|access-date= October 5, 2023}}</ref>

English and French explorers visited New Hampshire in 1600–1605, and [[David Thompson (New Hampshire settler)|David Thompson]] settled at [[Odiorne Point State Park|Odiorne's Point]] in present-day [[Rye, New Hampshire|Rye]] in 1623. The first permanent European settlement was at Hilton's Point (present-day [[Dover, New Hampshire|Dover]]). By 1631, the Upper Plantation comprised modern-day Dover, [[Durham, New Hampshire|Durham]] and [[Stratham, New Hampshire|Stratham]]; in 1679, it became the "[[Province of New Hampshire|Royal Province]]". [[Father Rale's War]] was fought between the colonists and the [[Wabanaki Confederacy]] throughout New Hampshire.
[[File:Lwod House.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Strawbery Banke]] Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire includes 37 restored buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries.]]

New Hampshire was one of the [[Thirteen Colonies]] that rebelled against British rule during the [[American Revolution]]. During the American Revolution, New Hampshire was economically divided. The Seacoast region revolved around sawmills, shipyards, merchants' warehouses, and established village and town centers, where wealthy merchants built substantial homes, furnished them with luxuries, and invested their capital in trade and land speculation. At the other end of the social scale, there developed a permanent class of day laborers, mariners, indentured servants and slaves.

[[File:Site of first house in New Hampshire, present mansion constructed in 1750, by Gov. W. B. Wentworth (NYPL Hades-247509-423903).jpg|thumb|left|''Site of first house in New Hampshire, present mansion constructed in 1750, by Gov. W. B. Wentworth'', [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_first_house_in_New_Hampshire,_present_mansion_constructed_in_1750,_by_Gov._W._B._Wentworth_(NYPL_Hades-247509-423903).jpg New York Public Library]]]In December 1774, [[Paul Revere]] warned Patriots that [[Fort William and Mary]] would be reinforced with British troops. The following day, [[John Sullivan (general)|John Sullivan]] raided the fort for weapons. During the raid, the British soldiers fired at rebels with cannon and muskets, but there were apparently no casualties. These were among the first shots in the American Revolutionary period, occurring approximately five months before the [[Battles of Lexington and Concord]]. On January 5, 1776, New Hampshire became the first colony to declare independence from Great Britain, almost six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed by the Continental Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/nh09.asp|title=Constitution of New Hampshire - 1776|date=December 18, 1998 }}</ref>
[[File:KingstonNH JosiahBartlettHouse.jpg|thumb|left|The highly industrious Founding Father [[Josiah Bartlett]] was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, and served as a delegate at the Constitutional Convention.  He was the first governor of New Hampshire, a medical doctor, and chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature (now the New Hampshire Supreme Court).  The [[Josiah Bartlett House]] in Kingston, New Hampshire still stands.]]  

The [[United States Constitution]] was ratified by New Hampshire on June 21, 1788, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/ratification.html|title=Observing Constitution Day|website=Archives.gov|access-date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817165833/https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/ratification.html|archive-date=August 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

New Hampshire was a Jacksonian stronghold; the state sent [[Franklin Pierce]] to the White House in the election of 1852. Industrialization took the form of numerous textile mills, which in turn attracted large flows of [[immigrants]] from Quebec (the "French Canadians") and [[Ireland]]. The northern parts of the state produced lumber, and the mountains provided tourist attractions. After 1960, the textile industry collapsed, but the economy rebounded as a center of high technology and as a service provider.

Starting in 1952, New Hampshire gained national and international attention for its [[New Hampshire primary|presidential primary]] held early in every presidential election year. It immediately became an important testing ground for candidates for the Republican and Democratic nominations but did not necessarily guarantee victory.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-19 |title=The First Primary: Why New Hampshire? |url=https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/first-primary-why-new-hampshire |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Carsey School of Public Policy |language=en}}</ref> The media gave New Hampshire and [[Iowa]] significant attention compared to other states in the primary process, magnifying the state's decision powers and spurring repeated efforts by out-of-state politicians to change the rules.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why is New Hampshire the first primary in the nation? |url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-is-new-hampshire-the-first-primary-in-the-nation/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}</ref>