Bean's Grant is an unincorporated township located in Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part on any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). In 1851, the New HampshireGeneral Court authorized the governor and council to appoint a land commissioner to sell the public lands, and James Willey of Conway was appointed to that office. Bean's Grant was made by Commissioner Willey to Charles Bean of Maine in 1855 and it contained about 3,300 acres. Coos County (pronounced CO-ahss with two syllables, and sometimes rendered as Coös County) is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, including the whole of the states northern panhandle. ... State nickname: Granite State, Mother of Rivers, White Mountain State, Switzerland of America [1] Official languages English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Governor John Lynch (D) Senators Judd Gregg (R) John Sununu (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 46th 24,239 km² 3. ... The New Hampshire General Court is the state legislature of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. ... Conway can refer to any of the following: // People David Conway Deborah Conway Derek Conway Elias Nelson Conway Gerry Conway Henry Seymour Conway Henry Wharton Conway James Conway James Sevier Conway Jill Ker Conway Jimmy Conway John Conway, mathematician Jon Conway Lynn Conway Moncure Daniel Conway Rob Conway Sean Conway... State nickname: The Pine Tree State Other U.S. States Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Governor John Baldacci (D) Senators Olympia Snowe (R) Susan Collins (R) Official language(s) None Area 86,542 km² (39th) - Land 80,005 km² - Water 11,724 km² (13. ...
After 16th-century European exploration and settlement, the English established new colonies, and gained control of others, in the eastern portion of the continent in the 17th and early 18th centuries.
As new territories were being incorporated, the nation was divided over the issue of states' rights, the role of the federal government, and, by the 1820s, the expansion of slavery.
In agriculture, the country is a top producer of corn, soy beans, rice, and wheat, with the Great Plains labeled as the "breadbasket of the world" for their tremendous agricultural output.