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• Timeline: Settlement of the Colony of Connecticut - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

  A timeline displaying the major events leading to Connecticut statehood, including its settlement by the Dutch, the origins of Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor, the founding of the Connecticut, New...

• Pre-Colonization and Settlement Up Through 1763 - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

  Pre-Colonization and Settlement (Up Through 1763) The arrival of Europeans to Connecticut shores drastically altered the region’s physical and cultural landscape. Thomas Hooker’s venture into the lowe...

• From the State Historian: The Map That Wasn’t a Map - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

  The Charter of 1662 described Connecticut boundaries that extended all the way to the the Pacific Ocean!

• About | Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

  A project of Connecticut Humanities and your home for stories about the people, traditions, innovations, and events that make up the rich history of the Nutmeg State.

• The State - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

  Connecticut takes its name from the Mohegan word, “Quinnehtukqut,” referencing the long, winding river flowing through the area utilized by Native Americans for thousands of years. To compete with Dut...

• Connecticut Ratifies US Constitution – Today in History: January 9 - Connecticut History | a

  On January 9, 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.