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Facts About New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States of America. The state was named after the southern English Counties of England of Hampshire. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. New Hampshire ranks 44th in land area, 46th in total area of the 50 states, and 41st in population. It became the first post-European colonization of the Americas sovereignty nation in the Americas when it broke off from Kingdom of Great Britain Britain in January 1776, and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies states that United States Declaration of Independence the United States of America six months later. It was the ninth state to ratify the United States Constitution, bringing that document into effect. New Hampshire was the first U.S. state to have its own state constitution, and is the only state with neither a general Sales taxes in the United States tax nor a personal income tax at either the state or local level. Concord, New Hampshire is the state capital, while Manchester, New Hampshire is the largest city in the state.