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Textile arts such as spinning, knitting, weaving, quilting, braiding and hooking rugs, crocheting, and tatting lace, have been a part of daily life in New Hampshire since Colonial times. In the days of early settlement, these skills were a necessity for keeping people warm indoors and outdoors during the long winters. They also brought color, comfort and beauty into the home.
Homesteads in colonial New Hampshire were made up of farms scattered across the countryside. Mills, craft shops and taverns were located on people's farms.
The economic and social life of the Seacoast revolved around sawmills, shipyards, merchant's warehouses, and established village and town centers.
the Puritans created self-governing communities and religious congregations composed of independent landowning farmers, or yeomen, and their families. The Puritan political leadership granted large areas of land to groups of male settlers, known as the proprietors, who then divided the land among themselves. Men of higher social standing usually received larger portions, but every male received enough land to support a family. Equally important, every male had a voice in the town meeting. As the main institution of local government, the town meeting levied taxes, built roads, and elected officials to manage town affairs.

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