Http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/new-hampshire.htm says "<span>At an earlier year, in 1622, that same Captain Mason, Sir Ferdinand Gorges, and others, had obtained from the </span>Council of Plymouth<span>, a grant of land partly in Maine and partly in New Hampshire, which they called </span>Laconia<span>. In spring of 1623, they sent two small parties of emigrants to settle it. Some of these commenced to stay at Little Harbor, on the west side of the Piscataqua River, near present day Portsmouth. The others planted themselves at Cocheco, afterwards called Dover, further up river. The principal employment of the new settlers was fishing and trade." If that helps</span>
Because they both wanted control of the Ohio River valley which ended up in the French and Indian war
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The Colonists wanted independence from Great Britain because the king created unreasonable taxes, those taxes were created because Britain just fought the French and Indians. England decided that since they fought on American soil, then it was only fair to make Colonists pay for it.
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avoiding foreign entanglements/long term alliances with other nations
