Native American longhouses were large homes designed for multiple families. They were especially popular among the tribes who lived in the northern United States, although many tribes used longhouses, partly as protection against the elements, and partly as a way to bind several families together into a tribe.uropeans who came to the US wrote about Native American longhouses in their diaries and letters. They often described at length how these longhouses looked and how they were built. The Native American oral tradition also gives much information about longhouses. Many longhouses were excavated and are somewhat intact.
Fort William and Mary in 1705. The colony that became the state of New Hampshire was founded on the division in 1629 of a land grant given seven years previously by the Council for New England to Captain John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges (who founded Maine).
The original 13 colonies were divided into the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. New Hampshire Colony was founded by Captain John Mason, John Wheelwright, and other colonists in 1622, and was named after the English county where Captain John Mason was raised - Hampshire County.