claim: Phoenix, Arizona is in the southwestern United States.
evidence: The territory of the present United States state of New Hampshire has a colonial history dating back to the 1620s .. United States. United States. New Hampshire. New Hampshire. This history is significantly bound to that of the neighboring Massachusetts , whose colonial precursors either claimed the New Hampshire territory , or shared governors with it .. New Hampshire. New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. First settled in the 1620s under a land grant to John Mason , the colony consisted of a small number of settlements near the seacoast before growing further inland in the 18th century .. John Mason. John Mason ( governor ). Mason died in 1635 , and the colonists appropriated a number of his holdings .. Thomas Roberts served as the last Colonial Governor of the Dover Colony before it became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony .. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1641 the New Hampshire colonists agreed to be ruled by Massachusetts Bay Colony , which also claimed the territory .. New Hampshire. New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts governed the New Hampshire settlements until 1680 , when it became the royally chartered Province of New Hampshire .. New Hampshire. New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Province of New Hampshire. Province of New Hampshire. In 1686 the territory became part of the Dominion of New England , which was effectively disbanded in 1689 following the 1688 Glorious Revolution in England .. Dominion of New England. Dominion of New England. Glorious Revolution. Glorious Revolution. After an interregnum under de facto rule from Massachusetts , Samuel Allen , who had acquired the Mason land claims , became governor .. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Samuel Allen. Samuel Allen ( New Hampshire ). From 1699 to 1741 the governorships of New Hampshire and the Province of Massachusetts Bay were shared .. New Hampshire. New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Province of Massachusetts Bay. Province of Massachusetts Bay. Boundary disputes between the two colonies prompted King George II to appoint separate governors in 1741 , commissioning Portsmouth native Benning Wentworth as governor .. Boundary disputes. Northern boundary of Massachusetts. King George II. George II of Great Britain. Benning Wentworth. Benning Wentworth. In 1775 , with the advent of the American Revolutionary War , the province 's last royal governor , John Wentworth , fled the colony .. American Revolutionary War. American Revolutionary War. John Wentworth. John Wentworth, 1st Baronet. Under a state constitution drafted in early 1776 , Meshech Weare was chosen the first President of the independent state of New Hampshire .. New Hampshire. New Hampshire. a state constitution. New Hampshire Constitution#1776 Constitution. Meshech Weare. Meshech Weare. first President. List of Governors of New Hampshire