Connecticut Colony

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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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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

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Saybrook Colony absorbedBy Connecticut Colony
this entity surface form: Connecticut Colony government at Hartford
John Mason activeIn Connecticut Colony
John Underhill activeIn Connecticut Colony
Minutemen activeIn Connecticut Colony
general courts appliesToJurisdiction Connecticut Colony
subject surface form: General Courts (colonial New England)
New England clergy associatedWith Connecticut Colony
Winthrop family associatedWith Connecticut Colony
Connecticut Sons of Liberty basedIn Connecticut Colony
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) belligerent Connecticut Colony
this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut
this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut
Massachusetts Bay Colony borderedBy Connecticut Colony
New Haven Colony borderedBy Connecticut Colony
Province of Massachusetts Bay borderedBy Connecticut Colony
Province of New York borderedBy Connecticut Colony
Pequot people conflictWith Connecticut Colony
Connecticut General Court country Connecticut Colony
this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut
Connecticut colonial flag country Connecticut Colony
East Windsor, Connecticut Colony country Connecticut Colony
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut country Connecticut Colony
Windham, Connecticut Colony country Connecticut Colony
Benedict Arnold III countryOfCitizenship Connecticut Colony
this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut
Samuel Huntington countryOfCitizenship Connecticut Colony
this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut
Great Migration of Puritans destination Connecticut Colony
Province of New England followedBy Connecticut Colony
Connecticut Charter of 1662 grantedTo Connecticut Colony
this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut
New Haven Colony hadDisputeWith Connecticut Colony
Pequot War hasMainBelligerent Connecticut Colony
New England Colonies hasPart Connecticut Colony
Thirteen Colonies hasPart Connecticut Colony
United Colonies hasPart Connecticut Colony
subject surface form: Greenwich, Connecticut
this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut
Congregationalism historicalCenter Connecticut Colony
Mystic Massacre historicalRegion Connecticut Colony
this entity surface form: Colonial Connecticut
Dominion of New England includesTerritory Connecticut Colony
Connecticut General Court legislativeBodyFor Connecticut Colony
this entity surface form: Colony of Connecticut
Pequot War locatedIn Connecticut Colony
Minuteman companies location Connecticut Colony
King Philip's War mainBelligerent Connecticut Colony
New England Confederation member Connecticut Colony
Connecticut Charter of 1662 mergedColonies Connecticut Colony
New Haven Colony mergedInto Connecticut Colony
Saybrook Colony mergedInto Connecticut Colony
Philip (King Philip) opponent Connecticut Colony