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New Hampshire is commonly divided into seven major regions: the Great North Woods<\/a>, the White Mountains, the Lakes Region<\/a>, the Seacoast<\/a>, the Merrimack Valley<\/a>, the Monadnock Region<\/a>, and the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee<\/a> area.<\/p>\n New Hampshire has the shortest ocean coastline of any U.S. coastal state, with a length of 18 miles.<\/p>\n New Hampshire was home to the rock formation called the Old Man of the Mountain,<\/p>\n a face-like profile in Franconia Notch<\/a>, until the formation disintegrated in May 2003.<\/p>\n The White Mountains range in New Hampshire spans the north-central portion of the state, with Mount Washington<\/a> the tallest in the northeastern U.S., site of the second-highest wind speed ever recorded<\/p>\n with other mountains like Mount Madison and Mount Adams surrounding it.<\/p>\n Various Algonquin-speaking Abenaki<\/a> tribes, largely divided between the Androscoggin<\/a> and Pennacook<\/a> nations, inhabited the area before European settlement.<\/p>\n English and French explorers visited New Hampshire in 1600\u20131605, and David Thompson settled at Odiorne’s Point<\/a> in present-day Rye<\/a> in 1623. \u00a0The first permanent settlement was at Hilton’s Point, present day Dover<\/a>. \u00a0By 1631, the Upper Plantation<\/a> comprised modern-day Dover, Durham and Stratham; in 1679, it became the “Royal Province”.<\/p>\n New Hampshire was one of the thirteen colonies that rebelled against British rule during the American Revolution. \u00a0By the time of the American Revolution, New Hampshire was a divided province. The economic and social life of the Seacoast region revolved around sawmills, shipyards, merchants’ warehouses, and established village and town centers. Wealthy merchants built substantial homes, furnished them with the finest luxuries, and invested their capital in trade and land speculation. At the other end of the social scale, there developed a permanent class of day laborers, mariners, indentured servants and even slaves.<\/p>\n The only Revolutionary War battle fought in New Hampshire was the raid on Fort William and Mary<\/a>, December 14, 1774, in Portsmouth Harbor, which netted the rebellion sizable quantities of gunpowder, small arms and cannon.<\/p>\n The United States Constitution was ratified by New Hampshire on June 21, 1788, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to do so.<\/p>\n Industrialization took the form of numerous textile mills, which in turn attracted large flows of immigrants from Quebec and Ireland. \u00a0The northern parts of the state produced lumber, and the mountains provided tourist attractions. \u00a0After 1960, the textile industry collapsed, but the economy rebounded as a center of high technology and as a service provider.<\/p>\n Median household income in 2008 was $49,467, the seventh highest in the country.<\/p>\n New Hampshire agricultural outputs<\/a> include: dairy products, nursery stock, cattle, apples and eggs. Its industrial outputs<\/a> are machinery, electric equipment, rubber and plastic products and tourism.<\/p>\n New Hampshire experienced a significant shift in its economic base during the last century. Historically, the base was composed of the traditional New England manufactures of textiles, shoe making, and small machining shops drawing upon low-wage labor from nearby small farms and from parts of Quebec. Today, these sectors contribute only 13% of the state’s total manufacturing dollar value.\u00a0 These industries experienced a sharp decline due to obsolete plants and the lure of cheaper wages in the South.<\/p>\n Despite the declines in traditional industries, in 2013, New Hampshire had the nation’s lowest poverty rate at just 8.7% of all residents according to the Census Bureau.<\/p>\n New Hampshire has a well-maintained, well-signed network of Interstate highways, U.S. highways, and state highways.<\/p>\n Interstate 89 runs northwest from near Concord to Lebanon on the Vermont border.<\/p>\n Interstate 93 is the main Interstate highway in New Hampshire and runs north from Salem, on the Massachusetts border, to Littleton, on the Vermont border.<\/p>\n Interstate 95 runs north\u2013south briefly along New Hampshire’s seacoast to serve the city of Portsmouth, before entering Maine.<\/p>\n The busiest airport in New Hampshire by number of passengers handled is Manchester-Boston Regional Airport<\/a> in Manchester<\/a> and Londonderry<\/a>, which serves the Greater Boston metropolitan area.<\/p>\n Long-distance intercity passenger rail service is provided by Amtrak’s Vermonter<\/a> and Downeaster<\/a> lines.<\/p>\n The flag of the state of New Hampshire consists of the state seal centered on a blue background.<\/p>\n New Hampshire’s state seal depicts the frigate USS Raleigh<\/a> and is surrounded by a laurel wreath with nine stars. \u00a0The Raleigh is one of the first 13 warships sponsored by the Continental Congress for a new American navy, built in 1776, at Portsmouth. \u00a0The wreath is an ancient symbol of fame, honor, and victory. \u00a0The nine stars within the wreath show that New Hampshire was the ninth state to join the Union. \u00a0The water stands for the harbor of Portsmouth<\/a>, and in the yellow-colored spit of land is granite, a strong igneous rock, representing both New Hampshire’s rugged landscape and the sturdy character of her people.<\/p>\n In 1784, when the present state constitution became<\/p>\n effective, the legislature revised the seal to depict a ship on stocks, with a rising sun in the background, to reflect Portsmouth having become a major shipbuilding center during the war years.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/07\/Relief-Map-of-New-Hampshire-173x300.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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History:<\/h2>\n
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Economy:<\/h2>\n
Transportation:<\/h2>\n
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The Flag:<\/h2>\n
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The State Nickname:<\/h2>\n