New Hampshire started as a proprietary colony. New Hampshire was one of the 13 colonies that were founded in 1623, the land in the new world was granted to Captain John Mason, he named his colony as his homeland, Hampshire, England. The settlers wanted to make this colony a fishing colony, this colony was an exclusive colony and in 1741 the government of New Hampshire added a governor, advisers, and the congress, The puritans were the ones who ruled New England and New Hampshire but didn't tolerate any other type of religion.