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	Connecticut - LoveToKnow 1911
		In 1727 the Church of England was permitted to organize in the colony, and in 1729 a similar privilege was granted to the Baptists and Quakers.
		Connecticut volunteers were among the first to go to Boston after the battle of Lexington and more than one-half of Washington's army at New York in 1776 was composed of Connecticut soldiers.
		Governors Of Connecticut 1 The Colony of Connecticut.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Connecticut (5914 words)

	Connecticut, state, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Connecticut’s population expanded gradually, and by 1662 the colony included over a dozen towns, including Saybrook, New London, Fairfield, and Norwalk, as well as East Hampton and Southampton on Long Island.
		In 1643, New Haven and Connecticut colonies joined with Massachusetts Bay colony and Plymouth colony to form the New England Confederation, a loose union for mutual defense.
		Connecticut was one of the first states to approve the U.S. Constitution (see Constitutional Convention).
	www.bartleby.com /65/co/Connecti.html (1812 words)

	Connecticut Colony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Connecticut Colony was an English colony that became the U.S. state of Connecticut.
		Originally known as the River Colony, the colony was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen.
		The colony was later the scene of a bloody war between the English and Native Americans, known as the Pequot War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Connecticut_Colony (1132 words)

	The Colony of Connecticut
		Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut, was settled in 1635.
		Charles II ascended the throne, and Winthrop, governor of the Connecticut colony, which had now grown to be the stronger of the two, went to England to secure a charter.
		The early division of the colonies was long marked by the fact that Hartford and New Haven served as the two capitals of the State until 1873, when Hartford became the sole capital.
	colonialancestors.com /ct/ct23.htm (968 words)

	Liberty attached to the land...
		The colony of Connecticut and the Town of Easthampton were self constituted and claimed their ownership of the land through deeds from the Indians.
		Connecticut was an independent and sovereign member of the Commonwealth of England and made full use of this liberty in establishing the first democratically constituted government.
		Under this document the Colony of Connecticut was established as a confederation of Townships (at first Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield), and utilized a process of regular assemblies and elections.
	www.montauk.com /history/history.htm (2186 words)

	The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut - The Flags and Seals of Connecticut
		Connecticut's first seal was brought from England by Colonel George Fenwick in 1639.
		It was the seal of the Saybrook Colony and was turned over to the Connecticut Colony at about the time that it purchased the land and fort at Saybrook Point from Colonel Fenwick in 1644.
		Self-government returned to Connecticut in 1689, but for a number of years only a poorly fashioned substitute seal was used.
	www.colonialwarsct.org /flags_seals_ct.htm (582 words)

	History of Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1773 the issue was settled in favor of Connecticut and Westmoreland, Connecticut was established as a town and later a county.
		Connecticut was the only one of the 13 colonies involved in the American Revolution that did not have an internal revolution of its own.
		Between 1800 and 1860, Connecticut manufacturers applied the system to the manufacture of economically priced high quality firearms, leading to Connecticut's nickname "the arsenal of democracy." Middletown, Connecticut was the major supplier of pistols to the United States government during the War of 1812, with numerous gun manufacturers in the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Connecticut (4402 words)

	Connecticut History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This document was important because it gave the colony a legal basis and the approval of the King.
		The colony continued to grow peacefully for the next 20 years, but every spring when we returned our nests, we heard more and more that the colonists were unhappy about the rule of England.
		Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the Constitution and to become a state in the United States of America.
	www.kids.state.ct.us /history.htm (2057 words)

	Atwater - Appendix 7
		Thus in a public assembly in Connecticut was the distinct right of Connecticut upon the river and of New Haven by the sea-side declared with consent of the governor, magistrates, ministers and better sort of the people of Connecticut at that time.
		That this colony in the reign of the kte King Charles the first, received a letter from the committee of Lords and Commons for foreign plantations, then sitting at Westminster, which letter was delivered to our governor Mr.
		Colonies without breach of the Articles of Confederation, and that where any act of power hath been exerted against their authority that the same ought to be recalled, and their power reserved to them entire, until such time as in an orderly way it shall be otherwise disposed.
	www.quinnipiac.edu /other/abl/etext/colony/appendix7.html (4021 words)

	History Day Part 3.
		Connecticut was settled by people who also were looking for freedom and more opportunities.
		Connecticut was home for one of the greatest patriots in American history, Captain Nathan Hale, who was captured by the British Army in a Spying mission.
		Like the Indians in the other Colonies, the women in most of these tribes were the ones that cooked and farmed, the daughters helped their mothers and learned the way of life.
	www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Way/9301/HistoryDay3.html (3860 words)

	Connecticut (U.S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One of the original 13 colonies, Connecticut is represented by a star and a stripe on the 13 star U.S. flags.
		The Connecticut coat of arms is defined by § 3-105 of Connecticut General Statutes as follows: "A shield of rococo design of white field, having in the center three grape vines, supported and bearing fruit.
		On October 9, 1662, coincident with the promulgation of Connecticut's royal charter, the seal was formally adopted by the general assembly as the seal of the colony.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/us-ct.html (450 words)

	Explorers in Connecticut
		Thomas Hooker led log settlers to Hartford because it was too crowded in Connecticut and the laws were too strict.
		In 1639 the people of the Connecticut colony were approving of Hooker’s ideas until 1662.
		In the year 1662 colonists in the colony of Connecticut were worried that the colony of Massachusetts or the colony of New York would take over Connecticut.
	orchard.sbschools.net /users/dgurwicz/colonies/christiancolony.htm (442 words)

	Colony and Empire Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Students use primary sources from the first years of the Connecticut Colony, and from the first years of the protests against Parliamentary taxation in order to investigate the relationship between the English government and the colony on the eve of the American Revolution.
		Connecticut Colony and the Empire was developed to provide the sort of material from local history that can make some of that discussion more concrete and meaningful.
		While few colonies actually elected their own governors, and only in New England had covenant theology been the basis for the establishment of governments, the role of traditional self-rule through representative governments in developing opposition to Parliamentary taxation was significant in every colony.
	www.connhistory.org /col_guide.htm (4036 words)

	Colonial America - Connecticut-Massachusetts
		In 1638-39 representatives of the three Connecticut River towns—Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield—met at Hartford and formed the colony of Connecticut.
		The population of the Massachusetts Bay Colony naturally rejoiced at the triumph of the Puritan Revolution in England, but with the restoration of Charles II in 1660 the colony's happy prospects faded.
		The withdrawal of the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony had long been expected because the colony had consistently violated the terms of the charter and repeatedly evaded or ignored royal orders by operating an illegal mint, establishing religious rather than property qualifications for suffrage, and discriminating against Anglicans.
	www.jcs-group.com /oldwest/colonial/13england2.html (1474 words)

	Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
		Basic to any serious research in Connecticut history before 1894 are the twenty-six volumes of the transactions of the General Assembly, The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, J. Hammond Trumbull and Charles J. Hoadly, eds.
		Records of the Particular Court of the Colony of Connecticut: Administration of Sir Edmund Andros, Royal Governor, 1687-1688.
		Connecticut General Assembly, Roll of State Officers and Members of the General Assembly of Connecticut from 1776 to 1881.
	www.ctheritage.org /biography/introduction/pubrecords.htm (637 words)

	The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution - Articles: Connecticut's Militia in the Revolutionary ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The common misconception of the militia is that it was a small company of men from a particular Connecticut Town or Village who would occasionally muster on the local Common or Green and practice the military drill of the day.
		Another problem which often occurs is confusing militia regiments with what are often referred to as State Regiments such as the eight regiments the Connecticut Colony created in May of 1775 which were adopted as part of the Continental Army in July of 1775.
		The Connecticut militia was the stock from which both the State and Continental Line troops were drafted from.
	www.connecticutsar.org /articles/connecticuts_militia.htm (1261 words)

	Exploration and Settlement of Connecticut
		The Connecticut Colony grew over the years and by the middle of the 17th century incorporated Fairfield, Farmington, Middletown, New London, Norwalk, Saybrook and Stratford.
		In 1637, Connecticut was engulfed in the Pequot War, which resulted in that tribe's virtual extermination.
		The Connecticut Colony and New Haven existed as separate political entities until 1662, when a charter was granted to the Connecticut Colony.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h543.html (810 words)

	The Colony of New Haven, established 1639 - Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Colony was composed of settlements in New Haven, Milford, Branford, Guilford, Southold, and Stamford.
		The Connecticut Colony responded with the statement that the land claimed by the Colony of New Haven was originally part of the patent the Connecticut Colony held from Earl of Warwick awarded in 1631.
		On April 23, 1662, the Connecticut Colony, led by Governor Winthrop, was awarded jurisdiction of the Connecticut Colony and the New Haven Colony in the “Connecticut Colony Charter of 1662.” The Connecticut Colony was given “unqualified power” to govern themselves.
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	Connecticut — FactMonster.com
		Connecticut leads New England in the production of eggs, pears, peaches, and mushrooms, and its oyster crop is the nation's second largest.
		University of Connecticut - Connecticut, University of, mainly at Storrs; coeducational; land grant and state supported;...
		Connecticut, river, United States - Connecticut, longest river in New England, 407 mi (655 km) long, rising in the Connecticut Lakes, N...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108191.html (359 words)

	Connecticut, state, United States: History
		Edward Winslow of Plymouth Colony was apparently the first English colonist to visit (1632) Connecticut, and in 1633 members of the Plymouth Colony established a trading post on the site of
		Connecticut's population expanded gradually, and by 1662 the colony included over a dozen towns, including Saybrook,
		Connecticut was one of the first states to approve the U.S. Constitution (see
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0857534.html (1022 words)

	13 Originals
		Sir Richard Grenville led the fleet that brought them to the New World, the Governor of the colony was Master Ralph Lane and among the colonists was Walter Raleigh's confidant Thomas Harriot, author of "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia", a chronicle of their adventure.
		Although Rhode Island was one of the first colonies to embrace autonomy from the British and espouse Revolutionary ideals, it was the last of the 13 colonies to ratify the Federal Constitution and became a State in 1790.
		In 1681 however, Pennsylvania's colonial status was sealed when approximately the present state of Pennsylvania was granted to William Penn, a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), to offset a debt owed to Penn's father.
	www.timepage.org /spl/13colony.html (4073 words)

	Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Connecticut is located on the northeastern part of the United States.
		Connecticut played an important roll in the United States history.
		The Connecticut and New Haven became one in 1665.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/usa/ct.htm (353 words)

	Colony of Connecticut
		He said that it belonged to his country because he was the first person to go there from Europe even though he was not.
		The Indians did not know a lot about trading so they thought that they would be able to go back on their land but when they did, the colonist told them to get off of their land.
		When the war ended, every colony was invited to send representatives to sign the Declaration of Independence and later, the Constitution.
	orchard.sbschools.net /users/dgurwicz/05-06/colonies/regalconn.htm (486 words)

	Connecticut — Infoplease.com
		State constitutional law in the land of steady habits: Chief Justice Ellen A. Peters and the Connecticut Supreme Court.(State Constitutional......
		Connecticut's fuel cell industry maintains dominance: state now home to almost half of U.S. fuel cell jobs; future looks bright.(Techcetera)...
		Connecticut chief executives see improvement in business climate.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108191.html (447 words)

	Meet the Daggetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		he Daggetts lived on a farm in the town of Coventry, Connecticut.
		Unlike other New England towns, it did not have a town center or village green, but was made up of farms scattered across the countryside.
		They wanted to establish farms in an area where most of the land had not already been settled by earlier generations of colonists.
	www.hfmgv.org /education/smartfun/colonial/intro/intro.html (205 words)

	The Avalon Project : Charter of Connecticut - 1662
		waste Land belonging to the said Colony of Connecticut, such Wharves, Stages, and Work-Houses as shall be necessary for the salting, drying, and keeping of their Fish to be taken, or gotten upon that Coast, any Thing in these Presents contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
		In Witness whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents.
		The Federal and State Constitutions Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/states/ct03.htm (156 words)

	Connecticut
		The Colony of Connecticut by Susan Whitehurst, Land of the thirteen colonies series (PowerKids Press, 2000; ISBN 02395479X) KR
		Connecticut state from Roadside America.com (guide to offbeat tourist attractions)
		Connecticut state Quick Facts from the US Census Bureau
	www.waldsfe.org /UnitStudies/states/ct.htm (298 words)

	The 13 American Colonies: Connecticut
		Colony Named for: from an Algonquin word, quinnehtukqut,
		A Robin's Eye View of Colonial Connecticut History
		See also: The Making of the Connecticut Colony
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/ushistory/13connecticut.htm (33 words)

	Table of contents for The colony of Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Table of contents for The colony of Connecticut : a primary source history / Jake Miller.
		Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding.
		Connecticut -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip051/2004021843.html (123 words)

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