Nickname: The Granite State Date Ratified: June 21, 1788 (9th) Capital: Concord

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• New Hampshire became the first post-colonial sovereign nation in the Americas when it broke away from Great Britain in January 1776.
• New Hampshire was also the first state to have its own state constitution.
• New Hampshire is the only state with neither a general sales tax nor a personal income tax at any level.
• New Hampshire is the site of the first primary election of each presidential election cycle.
• 2008 elections resulted in women holding 13 out of the 24 seats in the New Hampshire state Senate. It is the first time in American history that women have held the majority in a state legislative body.
• The highest recorded wind speed gust, 231 mph, was measured at Mt. Washington in 1934.
• The current flag of the state of New Hampshire was adopted in 1909. It features the state seal, and was modified in 1931, when the state seal was modified.

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