Connecticut Colony

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British colony in North America charter colony former colony

Connecticut Colony was one of the original English settlements in North America that became a charter colony and later formed part of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Connecticut Colony canonical	85
Colony of Connecticut	13
Colonial Connecticut	1
Connecticut Colony authorities	1
Connecticut Colony government at Hartford	1
Connecticut colonial government	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony in North America ⓘ charter colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ
borderedBy	Long Island Sound ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ New York Colony ⓘ Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ surface form: Rhode Island Colony
capital	Hartford ⓘ
charterGranted	1662 ⓘ
charterGrantedBy	Charles II of England ⓘ surface form: King Charles II of England
coCapital	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: New Haven
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolutionEvent	American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence of the United States
dissolved	1776 ⓘ
economy	fishing ⓘ lumber ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ subsistence farming ⓘ trade ⓘ
established	1636 ⓘ
flagUsed	Connecticut colonial flag ⓘ
foundedAs	settlement at Hartford ⓘ
foundedBy	Puritanism ⓘ surface form: English Puritans
founder	Puritan settlers from Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ Thomas Hooker ⓘ
governmentType	charter government ⓘ self-governing colony ⓘ
knownFor	Fundamental Orders, sometimes called the first written constitution in America ⓘ early representative government ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterCountry	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
legalDocument	Connecticut Charter of 1662 ⓘ Fundamental Orders of Connecticut ⓘ
legislature	Connecticut General Court ⓘ surface form: General Court of Connecticut
locatedIn	New England ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Connecticut ⓘ
mergedWith	New Haven Colony ⓘ
mergerYear	1664 ⓘ
motto	Qui Transtulit Sustinet ⓘ
namedAfter	Connecticut River ⓘ
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
partOf	British America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
predecessor	New Haven Colony ⓘ Saybrook Colony ⓘ
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ
statusDuringRevolution	rebel colony against British rule ⓘ
successor	Connecticut ⓘ surface form: State of Connecticut

Referenced by (102)

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

Thirteen Colonies → hasPart → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Massachusetts Bay Colony → borderedBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Great Migration of Puritans → destination → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

New Netherland → successorState → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Minutemen → activeIn → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Minuteman companies → location → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Pequot War → locatedIn → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Pequot War → hasMainBelligerent → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

King Philip's War → mainBelligerent → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → borderedBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut

British colonial authorities → exercisedPowerIn → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Half-Way Covenant controversy → appliesToJurisdiction → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Mystic Massacre → historicalRegion → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Connecticut

Samuel Huntington → countryOfCitizenship → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut

Samuel Huntington → servedIn → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Connecticut colonial government

Province of Massachusetts Bay → borderedBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Province of New York → borderedBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Pequot people → conflictWith → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

New England clergy → associatedWith → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

New Haven Colony → mergedInto → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

New Haven Colony → borderedBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

New Haven Colony → hadDisputeWith → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

New Haven Colony → succeededBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Connecticut Sons of Liberty → basedIn → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Saybrook Colony → mergedInto → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Saybrook Colony → successor → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Saybrook Colony → absorbedBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Connecticut Colony government at Hartford

East Windsor, Connecticut Colony → country → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

New England Colonies → hasPart → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

United Colonies → hasPart → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

general courts → appliesToJurisdiction → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

subject surface form: General Courts (colonial New England)

John Underhill → activeIn → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Connecticut General Court → country → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut

Connecticut General Court → appliesToJurisdiction → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Connecticut General Court → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Connecticut General Court → legislativeBodyFor → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut → country → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut → appliesToJurisdiction → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Noah Webster → placeOfBirth → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

New England Confederation → member → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

New England Confederation → appliesToJurisdiction → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Dominion of New England → includesTerritory → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Dominion of New England → precededBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Province of New England → followedBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Connecticut colonial flag → usedBy → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Connecticut colonial flag → country → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Connecticut colonial flag → symbolizes → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Congregationalism → historicalCenter → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

Connecticut Charter of 1662 → grantedTo → Connecticut Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut

Connecticut Charter of 1662 → appliesToTerritory → Connecticut Colony ⓘ