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He was representing the Dutch. He was also a private trader.
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It was a puritan congregation. They moved into the Connecticut Valley.
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It formed to the Connecticut Valley. It was under the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
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Connecticut was in King Philp's war in Rhode Island and Massachusettes.
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A new collegiate school moves to New Haven, Connecticut. It is later named Yale.
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The peak of the Great Awakening. The Great Awakening was a religious movement to get people to go back to church.
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The Connecticut Courant is the oldest American Newspaper that is still being printed. Launched in Hartford by Thomas Green.
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Silas Deane, Eliphant Dyer, and Roger Sherman represent Connecticut's First Congress.
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Tapping Reeve starts the first law school in America. It was in Litchfield.
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Connecticut becomes a state! They were the 5th state to join the union.
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The first banks were opened in Hartford, New London, and New Haven.
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First important U.S. dictionary published by Noah Webster.
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School for the deaf is founded in Hartford by Thomas Gallaudet.
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Aetna's Life Insurance Company is founded in Hartford. Connecticut is known for insurance.
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the first telephone exchange in the world is opened in New Haven.
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Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford start manufacturing automobiles.
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First U.S. submarine is Constructed by Electric Boat Company.
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First speed limit law was passed at 12 miles per hour.
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U.S. Coast Guard Acedemy moves to New London.
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Hurricane Page hits connecticut damaging building and lives.
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Major flooding again damages lives and buildings all over the state.
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129 mile turnpike is opened.
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New State Circuit goes into effect.
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Ella Grasso is the first woman governor of Connecticut.
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EPSN is founded and is owned by Disney.
