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Dec 30, 1500
Native Americans
Several Native groups came together to form the Pennacook Nation -
John Smith
John Smith leads an expedition up the New England coast and stops at the Isles of Shoals -
Epidemic
An epidemic kills more than 90 percent of the Native people in what is now New Hampshire. -
John Mason
John Mason recieves a large land grant in what is now New Hampshire -
U.S. Constitution
New Hampshire ratifies the U.S. Constitution becoming the ninth state -
Textile Mills
Textile mills open in many New Hampshire towns, employing thousands of girls and young women -
Amoskeeg Company
The Amoskeeg Manufacturing Company is the world's biggest producer of cotton cloth -
A New Law
New Hampshire passes a strong law limiting child labor -
Durham
New Hampshirites defeat a proposal by Aristotle Onassis to build the world's largest oil refinery in Durham -
Christa McAuliffe- Teacher in Space
From the time she was a girl, Christa McAuliffe(1948-1986) wanted to be an astronaut. Few women had ever blasted off into space, and McAuliffe suspected she would never have the oppurtunity. She became a high school teacher in Concord, but her fascination with space remained. -
First Govenor
Jeanne Shaheen is elected New Hampshire's first female govenor -
An Old Symbol
New Hampshire's symbol, the Old Man of the Mountain, collapses
