| 25 May/4 Jun 1686 |
the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, the Provinces of New Hampshire and Maine, and the Narragansett Country (King's Province) are placed under the administration of a President and Council of the Territory and Dominion of New England, in accordance with a commission issued by command of the King of England on 8/18 Oct 1685, which was read and published in Boston on 25 May/4 Jun 1686 (Massachusetts Royal Commissions, pp. 37-43; Dudley Records, pp. 226-230) |
| 18/28 Apr 1689 |
the government of the Territory and Dominion of New England effectively collapsed following the insurrection in Boston on 18/28 Apr 1689 (Byfield's Account of the Revolution in New England, pp. 5-10) |
| 28 Feb/10 Mar 1690 |
the Province of New Hampshire is placed under the administration of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in accordance with an act passed by the Governor and Council of Massachusetts on 28 Feb/10 Mar 1690, approved by the General Court of Massachusetts on 19/29 Mar 1690 (Laws of New Hampshire, 1:371-373) |
| 13/23 Aug 1692 |
part of the Province of New Hampshire, "lying and extending itself from three miles northward of Merrimack River or any part thereof unto the Province of Maine, with the south part of the Isle of Shoals" is placed under the administration of a Governor and Council, in accordance with a commission issued by command of the King of England on 1/10 Mar 1692, which was read and published in Great Island (New Castle) on 13/23 Aug 1692 (The National Archives, CO 5/940; New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, 2:57-62, 2:70-71) |
| 13/23 Aug 1692 - 5 Jan 1776 |
Province of New Hampshire [1] |
| 5 Jan 1776 |
the Provincial Congress of New Hampshire assumed "the name, power and authority of a House of Representatives or Assembly for the Colony of New Hampshire" in accordance with a resolution passed by the Congress on 5 Jan 1776 in Exeter (Laws of New Hampshire, 4:xii-xiv; New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, 8:2-4) |
