Synthesizing ActivitySee if you can match the Orford event with its historical context. Drag the Orford event from the left to the right box that contains the historical event. If the match is correct, the event will turn blue. Orford Event Men in Hampton, NH, meet to form a new town.
The Mann family settles in Orford.
The Grafton County Turnpike opens up trade and settlement.
Jeremiah Marston’s sheep farm declines from a height of 360 sheep.
Tillotson’s sawmill employed 6 men and produced 500,000 feet of lumber per year.
District schools are consolidated.
President Eisenhower signs the Interstate Highway Act.
The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War bringing safety to the New Hampshire frontier.
Congress passes the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railway Act opening up the west.
The Industrial Revolution brings new forms of manufacturing employing hundreds of people at a time.
The Stamp Act was repealed with great rejoicing throughout the colonies.
Steamboats, canals, and railroads link different regions together.
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