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9 Φεβ 2024 · Religion — Like Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut, religion in New Hampshire was dominated by Puritan Congregationalism. However, since the colony was not founded for religious purposes, there was some level of religious tolerance.
3 ημέρες πριν · The towns of Dover, Portsmouth, Exeter, and Hampton were the main settlements. From 1641 to 1679 the region was administered by the colonial government of Massachusetts. Following territorial and religious disputes between Massachusetts and Mason’s heirs, New Hampshire became a separate royal province in 1679.
18 Σεπ 2024 · The New Hampshire Colony was one of the 13 original colonies of the United States and was founded in 1623. The land in the New World was granted to Captain John Mason, who named the new settlement after his homeland in Hampshire County, England.
12 Απρ 2021 · Massachusetts Bay Colony inspired the colonization of modern-day Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire by exiling dissenters but, between 1659-1661, hanged Quakers (known as the Boston Martyrs) for spreading disruptive beliefs. People in the Middle Colonies who objected to the religious diversity often migrated to the Southern Colonies ...
The colony that became the state of New Hampshire was founded on the division in 1629 of a land grant given in 1622 by the Council for New England to Captain John Mason (former governor of Newfoundland) and Sir Ferdinando Gorges (who founded Maine).
1 Ιαν 2009 · 46 For an excellent account of “popular” religious practices among the Wampanoag during this time period, see Douglas L. Winiarski, “Native American Popular Religion in New England's Old Colony, 1670—1770,” Religion and American Culture 15 (2005) 147—86.
Although the Puritan leaders of Massachusetts ruled the province for many years, the New Hampshire population was religiously diverse, originating in part in its early years with refugees from opposition to religious differences in Massachusetts.
