New Hampshire is the first of the 13 original colonies to declare its independence from England. It declared its independence a full six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed Given it was the first New Hampshire’s delegates were given the honor of being the first to vote for the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. New Hampshire was instrumental in securing the two-thirds vote needed to make the document the law of the land! New Hampshire still uses its original state constitution. It is the second-oldest continuously used constitution in the United States. The Constitution of the State of New Hampshire is the fundamental law of the State of New Hampshire, with which all statute laws must comply. The constitution became effective June 2 1784, when it replaced the state's constitution of 1776. New Hampshire is the 9th U.S. state. Apples, sweet corn hay, and maple products round out New Hampshire's top five crops. In the livestock and livestock products category, dairy products lead the way and provide almost 1/3 of the state's total agricultural production. New Hampshire's capital is the city of Concord. It’s home to the State House, a gold-domed building dating from 1819, with a visitor center and the Hall of Flags. The Capitol Center for the Arts.is also located in Concord. Music, comedy, dance and theater are performed there.The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center is a science museum with interactive space-themed exhibits and a planetarium. We once visited the science center. Levi Hutchins invented the first alarm clock ever in 1787. Unfortunately, it only rang at 4 a.m., the time he woke up. Another first which happened in the state is the fact that the very first potato planted in America took seed in Nutfield, New Hampshire (now known as Derry). Another interesting first is that the first public library in the United States was founded in 1833 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This town is only a few miles from our house!. New Hampshire was was named by Captain John Mason after Hampshire England. The winters are long and often severely cold. The summers are pleasantly warm, especially in the southern part of the state. At Concord, average temperatures vary from about 21° F (–6° C) in January to about 70° F (21° C) in July; the average annual temperature is about 46° F (8° C). July, the warmest month, the average day time temperature rises to 82.9°F. Ashleigh
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