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).
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify the new United States Constitution. Although the first African slave was brought to the area as early as 1645, New Hampshire was against slavery in the first half of the 19th century and sent about 34,000 soldiers to fight for the Union during the Civil War.