Colonial Presentation
Published on Nov 25, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CONNECTICUT
- Was founded by Thomas Hooker and John Haynes
- Was founded for political and religious freedom
- Was settled in by Puritans and Pilgrims
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RELIGION AND POLITICS
- People were allowed to vote without church membership
- This made it more like a democracy
- Many people that came to Connecticut were Puritan
- No religious freedom
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CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY
- Mild, short summers
- Long cold winters, but less disease
- Narrow lowlands and hilly eastern uplands
- Poor sandy soil
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ECONOMY
- Concentrated on manufacture
- Focussed on town life and industries
- Ship building
- Exporting of rum
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