Show THE STORY OF OUR STATES by JONATHAN BRACE by mcclure newspaper Nw paper syndicate NEW HAMPSHIRE 41 0 1 aw 11 T falls f a I 1 I 1 a sy i the ne honor of cast ing ns the vote bic P definitely formed van y the united states T the it e constitution I 1 rf was to formally take effi duct cf when nine states had nit catl fled it and on june 11 1788 yew new hampshire rounded out the necessary quota of the states this beat nir ginan for the deciding vote note by only four d dys ays the beginning of new hampshire leads back to captain mason mho w ho had been go governor of portsmouth in hampshire england thus was uns the name of the colony derived and also that of its first city portsmouth As a reward for masons faithfulness to king charles he was allotted a large territory north of the merrimac Merrl mac river the first settlements were started in 3 in live and dover doner shortly after a theological dispute arose in boston led by mrs anne hutchinson which resulted in her being banished some sayne of her follow ers went north and founded exeter not far from the towns of portsmouth and dover shortly after the toun of hampton was mas settled by massachusetts people As captain mason died soon after this these four tow towns its in 1041 joined themselves to massachusetts in 1079 1679 however king charles 11 II separated them again and formed the royal province pro sInce of new hampshire tile present area of new hampshire Is square miles from the rugged aspect of its VV alte mountains has come the name granite state by byn which aich it Is often popularly called the pop illation of new hampshire warrants an electoral vote of four for president VIRGINIA THE TIP early history of N virginia re hohes about the name of capt john smith it was his indomitable spirit which enabled the settlement at jamestown to survive the privations and difficulties that encompassed it during hose first years there in 1007 1607 was made the first permanent english colony in america the charter given glien by king james I 1 to alint was known as its the london company comp nn under whose lose auspices jamestown James towo and the later virginia settlements were mere founded designated that this colony should extend miles north and miles south of old point comfort and stretch west m ird to the sea under the reign of charles 11 II it was considered site eiichi an important colony that it u was as I 1 I 1 I 1 called calle fi the t N fourth dominion of his tits empire that Is angland rn gland scotland ireland and virginia from tills this was often called the old dominion the name irginia I 1 itself means mean the virgin land and was ivas so called after queen lliza aliza beth belh the virgin que queen ell the early government of I 1 virginia Is of great in terest at first communism was uns tried 1 I under which system the land and nil all property was mas owned in common and all profits were divided equally this proved ft A disastrous failure in lit 1611 the first real representative govern ment in the colonies wis established ailed the bouce house of burgesses which continued in force under varying fortunes until virginia joined hie the union and nd became the tenth state in 1768 1788 much might be written of the character of the early earls virginian settlers and their great influence on american life from lirginia has sprung two other states state kentucky and west I 1 jr glela fan so the states present area Is 4 square miles politically the old dominion state Is entitled to twelve presidential electors tills this Is about the average of the southern states |