New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a New England state in the northeastern part of the United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Canada to the north, Vermont to the west, Massachusetts to the south, and Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The state's landscape includes mountains, about 1,300 lakes and ponds, and beaches. Forests cover about 85 percent of New Hampshire's land. Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the largest city in the state.

In January 1776, New Hampshire became the first of the original 13 colonies to adopt its own constitution. On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and deciding state to ratify the United States Constitution, binding the original 13 colonies together as a republic. After the country's birth, the state's leadership trend continued. In 1800, the United States Navy established its first shipbuilding yard in Portsmouth.

With some of the largest ski mountains on the East Coast, New Hampshire's major recreational attractions include skiing, snowmobiling and other winter sports, hiking and mountaineering, observing the fall foliage, summer cottages along many lakes and the seacoast, motor sports at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and Motorcycle Week, a popular motorcycle rally held in Weirs Beach near Laconia in June. Industry is important part of New Hampshire's economy. Shoes and textiles are manufactured in the state. The state's abundance of trees provides the materials for lumber and papermaking companies. Minerals are mined in the state's mountains. Nuclear submarines are refitted at Portsmouth. New Hampshire's rivers and lakes supply some of the power for the state's industries.

The oldest and arguably most prestigious institution in the state of New Hampshire is Dartmouth College which was founded prior to the American Revolution and remains a longstanding member of the elite Ivy League of American institutions for higher learning.

List of colleges and universities in New Hampshire

Official Website of the State of New Hampshire

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