New Hampshire NH 

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1603: Martin Pring ventures into the area 1614: English Captain John Smith lands on the Isle of Shoals, just off the Atlantic Ocean coastline 1623: Dover and Portsmouth founded 1641: New Hampshire becomes part of Massachusetts rule 1679: New Hampshire becomes a Royal colony 1776: New Hampshire forms an independent provisional government, and is the first colony to declare independence from England 1788: It becomes the ninth U.S. State after ratifying the new U.S. Constitution 1812: The state - with over 35,000 in service - participates in the War of 1812 1840: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty decides the official border between the state, and the neighboring country of Canada 1853: Native son Franklin Pierce becomes U.S. President 1865: New Hampshire's 18th Regiment led Union troops into Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War 1905: The Treaty of Portsmouth - signifying the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War - was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, On September 5th 1961: Alan Shepard native son: becomes first American in space 1964: The lottery begins; the first state lottery since 1894 1986: The space shuttle Challenger explodes; Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire school teacher, among others, is killed 2003: The Old Man of the Mountain collapses