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.
New Hampshire was the 9th state in the USA; it became a state on June 21, 1788. New Hampshire Colony. Year Founded: 1623 Founded By: John Mason Motivation for Founding: New Hampshire was a planned colony. The land in the New World was granted to Captain John Mason who lived in Hampshire County, England. He sent settlers to the new territory to create a fishing colony.
The first permanent settlement in New Hampshireâand the seventh-oldest in the United Statesâwas Dover, established in 1623 by Edward Hilton, an English merchant. Hilton's settlement, on what is now Dover Neck, grew into a thriving center for shipbuilding and manufacturing. The city of Portsmouth became the second settlement in New Hampshire. Originally settled in 1630 and then named Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth was incorporated as a town in 1653. For most of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Portsmouth was a major shipbuilding center.