Connecticut
Connecticut began as an English colony organized on March 3, 1636, when a Puritan congregation led by Thomas Hooker settled along the Connecticut River valley. The colony secured English control of the region through the Pequot War and eventually absorbed the neighboring New Haven and Saybrook colonies, operating under a single royal charter granted in 1663. Known for the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut — called the first written constitution of a democratic government — the colony prospered under its ethnic English Protestant population until Connecticut played an active role in the American Revolution and transitioned to statehood.
Pre-contact era
The territory that became Connecticut was inhabited by Algonkian-speaking indigenous peoples. The word 'Connecticut' is a French corruption of the Algonkian word quinetucket, meaning 'beside the long, tidal river'. The English secured control of the region from indigenous peoples through the Pequot War.
Colonial history
The colony was originally known as the Connecticut River Colony. It absorbed the neighboring New Haven and Saybrook colonies and was briefly part of the Dominion of New England. It combined under a single royal charter in 1663.
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