so when john wentworth left, the state had no government. basically the government at this , time consisted of the presence of the governor and his commission. when john wentworth fled in the middle of revolutionary events, new hampshire found itself without government. so the leaders wrote to the continental congress meeting in philadelphia, basically saying, what are we supposed to do, we do not have a government? john adams among others led the charge for new hampshire. he wanted a new england state to be the first state to actually declare a form of government independent of the crown. so we drafted a small two page form of government, seen here, that was approved by the congress on january 5, 1776. this basically states that we, the small provisional congress of new hampshire, are now the government. it created a legislative branch. no executive branch at all. said nothing about judiciary. it could not be amended. it was a very flimsy little document, but it is the first of the so-called state constitutions independent of the crown. the

after he left office, he was replaced by john wentworth. the last of the royal governors. had such a trunked chief executive, new hampshire executive, new hampshire was very leery of having a strong executive. -- newd no government -- hampshire had no government. new hampshire found itself without government. our leaders went down to the continental congress meeting and said, what are we supposed to do? wanted a new england state to be the first state to declare a form of government independent of the crown. form ofed a small government, it seems here. approved by the congress. january 15, 1776. this states that, we, the small provisional congress, are now the government. we don't have any executive branch. nothing about judiciary. a very flimsy document. the so-calledt of state constitutions, independent of the crown. most are paintings of our distinguished native sons. had some clout in the early 19th century. -- new hampshire had some clout in the early 19th century. bster. right, daniel we a lawyer. served in the new hampshire house of representatives. he would move on