Describes the history of Connecticut, one of the thirteen original English colonies in North America, discussing its early explorers, first settlements, conflicts with Native Americans, life in the colony, and the role of Connecticut in the fight for independence.
Content Note
European claims -- The first people of Connecticut -- Corn -- Wampum -- Pilgrims and Puritans -- Life on the frontier -- Creating the Colony of Connecticut -- The Pequot War -- Native Americans and disease -- New England Confederation -- King Phillip's war -- Excerpt from the Navigation acts of 1651 -- Charles II (1630-1685) -- Dominion of New England -- James, Duke of York, later King James II (1633-1701) -- The Charter Oak -- Education in Connecticut -- The New England primer, 1690 -- Life on the farms of Connecticut -- Tobacco in Connecticut -- Saybrook platform, 1708 -- Commerce in Connecticut -- Slavery in Connecticut -- The French and Indian War -- Roger's Rangers -- Albany Plan, 1754 -- The Sugar Act, April 5, 1764 -- The Stamp Act, March 22, 1765 -- Sons of Liberty -- The Townshend Duties, June 29, 1767 -- The Tea Act, May 10, 1773 -- The Intolerable Acts, 1774 -- The First Continental Congress, September 5 to October 26, 1774 -- Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, 1775 -- Israel Putnam (1718-1790) -- Whites of their eyes -- Declaring independence -- The first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence -- Connecticut in the Revolution -- Nathan Hale (1755-1776) -- Loyalist and patriots -- Jonathan Trumbull (1710- 1785) -- The Articles of Confederation -- The Constitutional Convention, 1787 -- Roger Sherman (1721-1793) -- Preamble to the U.S. Constitution -- Connecticut timeline -- Connecticut historic sites.