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Famous Connecticut Citizens Mrs. Archer's Class

  • Thomas Hooker

    Thomas Hooker

    In 1636, Hooker led 100 people to a settlement called the Connecticut Colony.
  • Thomas Hooker

    Thomas Hooker

    Thomas Hooker helped create The Fundamental Orders, the law from 1639 to 1662.
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    Famous Connecticut Citizens

  • Ethan Allen

    Ethan Allen

    In 1761 Allen goes to Salisbury and learns about iron.
  • Ethan Allen

    Ethan Allen

    September 25, 1775 he was captured by the British while trying to take Montreal in Canda.
  • Nathan Hale

    September 22, 1776 Hale now died and saved our world for us
  • Benedict Arnold

    Benedict Arnold

    In 1778 Benedict Arnold was appointed as the military commander of Philaderphaa.
  • Benedict Arnold

    Benedict Arnold

    In 1780, Benedict Arnold traded and officially became a spy for the British Military.
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney

    Created cotten gin in 1794.
  • Mary Kies

    Mary Kies

    Mary Dixon Kies was the first woman to get a patent on May 5th 1809.
  • Mary Kies

    Mary Kies

    on May 15th 1809 Mary Kies became the first woman to recive a u.s patent.
  • Mary Kies

    Mary Kies

    Was the first woman to receive a U.S. patent.
  • Prudence Crandall

    Prudence Crandall

    In 1832, Crandall admitted an African-Americanstudent, Sarah Harris.
  • Prudence Crandall

    Prudence Crandall

    In 1833, Prudence Crandall admitted a black student, Sarah Harris
  • Phineas Taylor Barnum

    Phineas Taylor Barnum

    He opened the American Museum in New York.
  • Frederick Law Olmstead

    Frederick Law Olmstead

    1857, Frederick Law Olmstead began working on his Central Park project.
  • Samuel Colt

    Samuel Colt

    In 1873 Colt introduced his most famous weapon, a 45-calibre Peacemaker revolver that could shoot more than once before having to reload.
  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published in 1884
  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

    In 1884 huck finn was finally published.
  • Ella Grasso

    Ella Grasso

    From 1975 to 1980 Ella grasso was in the U.S. congress.