Connecticut: Pre-Colony to Statehood

By KellyJohnson20
  • Pequot settle in Conneticut area
    Nov 20, 1500

    Pequot settle in Conneticut area

    Peqouts Indians settle there before colonists arrive.
  • Founded as a colony

    Founded as a colony

    One of the most famous early Connecticut settlers, the Reverend Thomas Hooker, traveled from Massachusetts with a group of colonists. They founded the town of Hartford, which soon became an important center of government and trade
  • Trouble began between the settlers and the Pequot Indians

    Trouble began between the settlers and the Pequot Indians

    Settlers began taking Indian land by force and that made indians very mad
  • John Winthrop went to England to get charter

    John Winthrop went to England to get charter

    He went there to get a charter to begin trade.
  • Conneticans fight in King Phillips War

    Conneticans fight in King Phillips War

    1675 King Phillips War
  • Height of religious "Great Awakening"

    Height of religious "Great Awakening"

    This religios movment was at its peek.
  • First Gun Powder Mill in Connecticut

    First Gun Powder Mill in Connecticut

    This moment was a part of the reson that they won the Revenlutionary War.
  • Independence

    Independence

    Now apart of The United States of America and not Britian
  • Benedict Arnold's attack upon New London

    Benedict Arnold's attack upon New London

    results in massacre at Ft. Griswold.
  • Brass industry began

    Brass industry began

    Good economic industry for Conneticut
  • Noah Webster published first edition of his dictionary

    Noah Webster published first edition of his dictionary

  • First steamboat on Connecticut River

    First steamboat on Connecticut River

    Traveling on the Conneticut River is much easier
  • Slavery abolished in Connecticut

    Slavery abolished in Connecticut

    Lincoln passes law to abolish slavery
  • First telephone exchange in world opened in New Haven

    First telephone exchange in world opened in New Haven

    Now easier to comunicate in Conneticut
  • Deadly Hurricane

    Deadly Hurricane

    Devistating Hurricane hits the coast of Conneticut
  • Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire

    Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire

    This fire killed 168 people and animals in Hartford
  • First woman to be elected Governor of Connecticut

    First woman to be elected Governor of Connecticut

    Ella Grasso elected the first woman govener of Conneticut
  • First Woman Elected Lieutenant Governor in Connecticut

    First Woman Elected Lieutenant Governor in Connecticut

    Eunice Groark first Lieutenant Governor
  • Connecticens killed in September 11 attacks

    Connecticens killed in September 11 attacks

    65 residents of Connecticut killed in September 11 attacks
  • Civil unions granted to same-sex couples

    Civil unions granted to same-sex couples

    Civil unions granted to same-sex couples
  • Legendary actor, Paul Newman, died

    Legendary actor, Paul Newman, died

    Paul Newman, died
  • Power plant explosion near Middletown

    Power plant explosion near Middletown

    Power plant explosion near Middletown killed at least five, injured 12
  • Winter storm caused major disruptions

    Winter storm caused major disruptions

    Winter storm caused major disruptions in travel, power outages