New Hampshire
Reasons for founding: John Mason founded this colony because he was granted land for a fishing colony.
Date of Founding: 1692
Economy: Concentrated in manufacture and focused on town life and industries.
Geography: Low coast, hills, mountains, and plateau. Mountains were thick with trees, rivers, and poor rocky soil that was difficult to farm and unsuitable for crops.
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Celebrities/Important Residents: President Franklin Pierce and Daniel Webster
Religion: Puritan
Residency Requirements: You had to be Puritan
Target Residents: Puritans
Founding Documents: Constitution of New Hampshire
Bibliography:
http://www.landofthebrave.info/new-hampshire-colony.htm
americanhistory.about.com
www.landofthebrave.info/new-hampshire-colony.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire
Date of Founding: 1692
Economy: Concentrated in manufacture and focused on town life and industries.
Geography: Low coast, hills, mountains, and plateau. Mountains were thick with trees, rivers, and poor rocky soil that was difficult to farm and unsuitable for crops.
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Celebrities/Important Residents: President Franklin Pierce and Daniel Webster
Religion: Puritan
Residency Requirements: You had to be Puritan
Target Residents: Puritans
Founding Documents: Constitution of New Hampshire
Bibliography:
http://www.landofthebrave.info/new-hampshire-colony.htm
americanhistory.about.com
www.landofthebrave.info/new-hampshire-colony.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire