Background Essay for Settlement Lessons Euro-American settlement and town formation in the Connecticut River Valley and throughout what would become Vermont was a relatively orderly process. The people who migrated [...]
Overview In 1765 John and Lydia Mann set off from their home in Hebron, CT, to settle in Orford, NH. They traveled by horseback along the Connecticut River, stopping to [...]
Overview: In this lesson students connect the names of towns in the Connecticut River Valley to towns in Connecticut. From their observations, they conclude that our region was settled by [...]
Overview: In this lesson students connect the names of towns in Connecticut or Massachusetts to towns in England. From their observations, they conclude that New England was settled by people [...]
Norwich’s Town Charter: PROVINCE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. GEORGE the THIRD, By the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all [...]
Background Essay for Chartering a Town Lesson Vermont and New Hampshire were colonized by settlers who migrated from other colonies in New England. The first Europeans in New Hampshire came [...]
Chartering a Town Towns and cities in Vermont and New Hampshire were formed by charters. A charter is the document that grants a group of people known as proprietors the [...]
Place Name Abenaki English Translation Abenaki Wôbanakiak People of the Dawn Alnôbak The People Ammonoosuc Ômanosek Zibo Fishing River Ascutney Kaskakadenak Wide Mountain Connecticut Kwanitekw Long River Contoocook Bagôntekw Butternut [...]
Who First Lived In The Area We Now Call New Hampshire And Vermont? The area we now call New Hampshire and Vermont was originally inhabited by various groups of Abenaki [...]
Overview: In this lesson, students examine Native American place names and connect them to a regional map. From the evidence, they discuss how Native Americans named places and compare this with [...]