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New Hampshire
New Hampshire struck first — its militia seized Fort William and Mary in December 1774, months before Lexington, making it one of the earliest acts of armed resistance in the colonies.
Portsmouth was the colony's commercial heart, its port economy tied to the Atlantic trade that British tax policy threatened to strangle. Exeter, the wartime capital, became the seat of revolutionary government after the royal governor fled. Together these two towns show students how a colony moved from commercial grievance to armed rebellion, and how the institutions of self-government were built under pressure, without precedent, in real time.
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0 of 2 New Hampshire towns have curated teacher resources.
- PortsmouthPending
- ExeterPending