CONNECTICUT

HISTORY

• Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 – July 7, 1647) founded Connecticut
• Hooker founded Connecticut because he would get profit from fur trade,farming and religon
• In 1636 Hooker went threw Connecticut where he founded the town Hartford

GEOGRAPHY

• Connecticut is located in the eastern United States on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean
• The people of Hartford used their land for farming and mining
• CT is in the New England region
• Connecticut was heavily involved in the United colonies postal service
• The absolute location is 41.6000° N, 72.7000° W

ECONOMY

• The people of Connecticut traded furs with the Native American tribes
• The people also used their land for farming so they sold crops .
• Wheat, corn and fish were their main exports

GOVERNMENT

• Connecticut had the first functional written constitution called The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was written in 1639
• Connecticut was involved in the establishment of a self government
• The government was ran by its own people
• Generally white men could vote. Most women, landless poor and African Americans couldn't

GOVERNMENT

• In 1636 war broke out a Pequot attacked and killed nine people from CT
• The puritan was the most influential within the colony
• The colony did allow religious freedom and political freedom
• Several thousand militiamen left Connecticut to go to Massachusetts
• a young Connecticut patriot, Nathan Hale, was captured by the British while on a spy mission for General Washington.

SOURCES

• http://www.kids.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?q=329106
• http://colonialwarsct.org/ct_indians.htm
• The book