New London, Connecticut Colony

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historic city maritime center port city

New London, Connecticut Colony was a significant 17th- and 18th-century New England port and maritime center located on the Thames River in southeastern Connecticut.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
New London, Connecticut Colony canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic city ⓘ maritime center ⓘ port city ⓘ
adjacentTo	Groton, Connecticut Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackDate	1781 ⓘ
attackedBy	Benedict Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ
charterDate	1649 ⓘ
charteredAs	town ⓘ
colonialStatus	self-governing town in Connecticut Colony ⓘ
country	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ
currentLocation	New London, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy	Atlantic trade ⓘ coastal shipping ⓘ fishing ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ whaling ⓘ
event	Battle of Groton Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAs	plantation at Nameaug ⓘ
foundedBy	John Winthrop the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingDate	1646 ⓘ
governedBy	General Court of Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	naval base area ⓘ
hasHarbor	deep-water harbor ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Connecticut Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ New England ⓘ Thames River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Connecticut ⓘ
locatedOn	Thames River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	strategic harbor on the Atlantic seaboard ⓘ
originalName	Nameaug NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British America NERFINISHED ⓘ Connecticut River–Long Island Sound trade network NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentCountry	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Long Island Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ
roleIn	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	important colonial maritime center ⓘ major 17th-century New England port ⓘ major 18th-century New England port ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
usedFor	privateering ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Groton, Connecticut Colony → adjacentTo → New London, Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Lieutenant Colonel John Butler → birthPlace → New London, Connecticut Colony ⓘ

subject surface form: John Butler