Historical Timelines: Maine, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia

Maine

• 1607: English settle Jamestown, VA (context).
• 1620: Pilgrims land at Plymouth, MA.
• 1622: English trading post at Saco, Maine.
• 1629: Massachusetts Bay Colony chartered.
• 1639: Kittery Point settlement.
• 1652: Maine becomes part of Massachusetts.
• 1691: Separated as a crown colony.
• 1820: Admitted as 23rd U.S. state (not 1776).

New Hampshire

• 1623: Trading post at Portsmouth.
• 1629: Dover settlement.
• 1639: Exeter settlement.
• 1641: Joined Massachusetts.
• 1679: Separated as crown colony.
• 1788: Ratified U.S. Constitution as 9th state.

Nova Scotia

• 1605: French found Port Royal.
• 1621: English grant "New Scotland" (Nova Scotia).
• 1628: English capture Port Royal.
• 1632: French retake Port Royal.
• 1667: Treaty of Breda – French cede to England.
• 1713: Treaty of Utrecht – confirmed British control.
• 1763: Formal British colony after Seven Years' War.
• 1867: Joins Canadian Confederation as a province.

Key Themes

Colonial rivalry (French vs. English), shifting borders, and eventual integration into the U.S. (Maine, NH) or Canada (Nova Scotia).