New Haven Colony

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New Haven Colony was a 17th-century English Puritan settlement in what is now Connecticut, founded as a theocratic community with strict religious and legal codes.

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New Haven Colony canonical 17
New Haven, Connecticut Colony 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English colonial settlement
Puritan colony
former British colony
borderedBy Connecticut Colony
New Netherland
capital New Haven, Connecticut
surface form: New Haven
country Kingdom of England
currency English coinage
wampum
dissolvedIn 1664
economy agriculture
maritime commerce
trade
endTime 1664
establishedFor creating a godly commonwealth
religious freedom for Puritans
establishedOn Quinnipiac land
ethnicGroup English colonists
foundedBy English Puritan settlers
John Davenport
Theophilus Eaton
governmentType self-governing colony
theocracy
hadDisputeWith Connecticut Colony
New Netherland
hasCharacteristic limited suffrage to church members
strict legal codes
strict religious codes
town-based governance
hasLegislature Connecticut General Court
surface form: General Court of New Haven
hasNotableLeader John Davenport
Theophilus Eaton
language English
legalSystem Biblical law
Mosaic law-based code
locatedIn New England
North America
Connecticut
surface form: present-day Connecticut
mergedInto Connecticut Colony
namedAfter New Haven, Connecticut
surface form: New Haven
partOf Colonial America
surface form: English colonial America

New England Colonies
Thirteen Colonies
surface form: Thirteen Colonies region
precededBy Quinnipiac territory
religion Puritanism
startTime 1638
succeededBy Connecticut Colony

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Great Migration of Puritans destination New Haven Colony
Connecticut Colony mergedWith New Haven Colony
Connecticut Colony predecessor New Haven Colony
New England clergy associatedWith New Haven Colony
general courts appliesToJurisdiction New Haven Colony
subject surface form: General Courts (colonial New England)
New England Confederation member New Haven Colony
Margaret Mansfield residence New Haven Colony
this entity surface form: New Haven, Connecticut Colony
New England churches centralTo New Haven Colony
Theophilus Eaton deathPlace New Haven Colony
Theophilus Eaton residence New Haven Colony
Theophilus Eaton coFounded New Haven Colony
Theophilus Eaton governed New Haven Colony
James Pierpont deathPlace New Haven Colony
this entity surface form: New Haven, Connecticut Colony
James Pierpont workLocation New Haven Colony
this entity surface form: New Haven, Connecticut Colony
James Pierpont burialPlace New Haven Colony
this entity surface form: New Haven, Connecticut Colony
John Davenport coFounded New Haven Colony
John Davenport placeOfActivity New Haven Colony
Allerton family settledIn New Haven Colony
Quinnipiac people treatyOrAgreementWith New Haven Colony