Why New Hampshire? » History http://whynewhampshire.org Making clear why you should make the move! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:48:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Constitutional reatification – Let the people decide! http://whynewhampshire.org/2008/10/constitutional-reatification-let-the-people-decide/ http://whynewhampshire.org/2008/10/constitutional-reatification-let-the-people-decide/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:49:06 +0000 A Porcupine http://whynewhampshire.org/?p=22 New Hampshire was the first state to require that its Constitution be referred to the people for approval in 1783.

]]> http://whynewhampshire.org/2008/10/constitutional-reatification-let-the-people-decide/feed/ 0 First state to hold a constitutional convention. http://whynewhampshire.org/2008/10/first-state-to-hold-a-constitutional-convention/ http://whynewhampshire.org/2008/10/first-state-to-hold-a-constitutional-convention/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:45:35 +0000 A Porcupine http://whynewhampshire.org/?p=20 New Hampshire was the first state to hold a Constitutional Convention, 1778

]]> http://whynewhampshire.org/2008/10/first-state-to-hold-a-constitutional-convention/feed/ 0 Gunpowder Seized By New Hampshire Patriots http://whynewhampshire.org/2008/10/gunpowder-seized-by-new-hampshire-patriots/ http://whynewhampshire.org/2008/10/gunpowder-seized-by-new-hampshire-patriots/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:42:48 +0000 A Porcupine http://whynewhampshire.org/?p=18 On December 14, 1774, more than 400 New Hampshire Seacoast-area patriots mobbed the gates of the William and Mary fort following the visit of Paul Revere confirming rumors of English ships and troops on the way.
Within hours, the fort was overwhelmed and the patriots made away with 97 barrels of powder later distributed to militias throughout the state as building blocks for the nascent continental army.
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