A fishing and trading settlement was established in 1623, and in 1629 the name New Hampshire, after the English county of Hampshire, was applied to a grant for a region between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers. The New Hampshire region was included in a series of grants made by the English crown to Capt. The primary contemporary reminder of Native American inhabitation is in place-names such as Lake Winnipesaukee, Kancamagus Highway, and Mount Passaconaway. By 1700 few Native Americans resided within colonial boundaries. Disease, war, and migration quickly reduced the population after contact with English settlers. Tribes living in New Hampshire were mostly of the Algonquian group called the western Abenaki. The entire Native American population was part of the linguistically unified Algonquian culture that dominated northeastern North America. They were organized into clans, semiautonomous bands, and larger tribal entities the Pennacook, with their central village in present-day Concord, were by far the most powerful of these tribes. History of New Hampshire Native American populationīefore contact with the English, about 3,000 Native Americans inhabited what eventually became New Hampshire. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.
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