On the first day of class each student was tasked to interview a fellow classmate. I interviewed Hayley Edgar who was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on May 15th, 1993. She graduated from Portsmouth High School back in 2011. Now she spends her time at Great Bay Community College pursing her Liberal Arts degree or working as an assistant she goes sailing and swimming much like the people who originally settled her hometown of Portsmouth.. Hayley really doesn’t know what she wants to do later in life which is why she waited to go to college. She still plans on attending The University of New Hampshire in Durham in the fall after she completes this English course to continue her education. The city of Portsmouth has quite an interesting story
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One of the lucky few who received a charter was Captain John Mason of England in 1623. His goal was to create a fishing colony off of New Hampshire’s seacoast. He named the area Pannaway which is now the modern day towns of Portsmouth, Rye, Dover and Hampton spreading across the whole eighteen-mile coastline of New Hampshire. The ironic tale about this poor soul is after investing 20,000 pounds in building the area he died before he was able to see the newly developing New Hampshire Colony (New Hampshire Library 1). Portsmouth is home to a historic Navy Shipyard where many people who live in town work. According to Militarybases.us, Portsmouth continues to be a leader in the sea industries such as, boating. The base is one of four Navy bases left in the United States. The base was established on a federally owned island in the early 1800’s. The Shipyard serves as a refueling and service station today, but prior to 1969 the base was creating nuclear submarines for the Navy. During, World War II the Shipyard or “PNS” for short launched four submarines in one day, a Navy record. Technically, the shipyard is not located in New Hampshire at all, but the base still uses a Portsmouth mailing address. If you look at a map the base is actually located …show more content…
According to The Japan-America Society of New Hampshire, in 1705 the French and the Indians had been launching raids from Port Royal in Nova Scotia on Northern English settlements. The raids were heading towards Portsmouth. This war was an extension of Queen Ann’s war in Europe. The Treaty of Utrecht ended the war in Europe and the Treaty of Portsmouth ended the war in the colonies in 1713. Both treaties set-up the borders of where the English could expand to and where the French were able to expand. This was all in an effort to try to avoid another war between the settlements. Once again in 1905 Portsmouth was used for peace. The Russo-Japanese war was fought between Japan and Russia for control of Korea and China both undeveloped neutral countries at the time. President Theodore Roosevelt worked through back channels to get the two countries to meet in Portsmouth because it was a neutral area and he could show the power of the United States Navy. It was an intimidation tactic that worked when the treaty was signed in 1905 formally ending the war. This became the first international treaty signed on American soil. Theodore Roosevelt received a Nobel peace prize for his efforts in ending the conflict (Japan-American Society of New Hampshire
One of the lucky few who received a charter was Captain John Mason of England in 1623. His goal was to create a fishing colony off of New Hampshire’s seacoast. He named the area Pannaway which is now the modern day towns of Portsmouth, Rye, Dover and Hampton spreading across the whole eighteen-mile coastline of New Hampshire. The ironic tale about this poor soul is after investing 20,000 pounds in building the area he died before he was able to see the newly developing New Hampshire Colony (New Hampshire Library 1). Portsmouth is home to a historic Navy Shipyard where many people who live in town work. According to Militarybases.us, Portsmouth continues to be a leader in the sea industries such as, boating. The base is one of four Navy bases left in the United States. The base was established on a federally owned island in the early 1800’s. The Shipyard serves as a refueling and service station today, but prior to 1969 the base was creating nuclear submarines for the Navy. During, World War II the Shipyard or “PNS” for short launched four submarines in one day, a Navy record. Technically, the shipyard is not located in New Hampshire at all, but the base still uses a Portsmouth mailing address. If you look at a map the base is actually located …show more content…
According to The Japan-America Society of New Hampshire, in 1705 the French and the Indians had been launching raids from Port Royal in Nova Scotia on Northern English settlements. The raids were heading towards Portsmouth. This war was an extension of Queen Ann’s war in Europe. The Treaty of Utrecht ended the war in Europe and the Treaty of Portsmouth ended the war in the colonies in 1713. Both treaties set-up the borders of where the English could expand to and where the French were able to expand. This was all in an effort to try to avoid another war between the settlements. Once again in 1905 Portsmouth was used for peace. The Russo-Japanese war was fought between Japan and Russia for control of Korea and China both undeveloped neutral countries at the time. President Theodore Roosevelt worked through back channels to get the two countries to meet in Portsmouth because it was a neutral area and he could show the power of the United States Navy. It was an intimidation tactic that worked when the treaty was signed in 1905 formally ending the war. This became the first international treaty signed on American soil. Theodore Roosevelt received a Nobel peace prize for his efforts in ending the conflict (Japan-American Society of New Hampshire