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The first people
The first people to land in Connecticut were Dutch traders in 1614 -
Connecticut was established
Thomas Hooker did not like the way that the Puritans were treating people so he left and established Connecticut in 1636 -
The Capital
The capital of Connecticut is Hartford. The capital was established in 1637 -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
In 1639 Britain allowed people in Connecticut to live there -
John Haynes
In 1639 John Haynes became the fist governor of Connecticut -
New England Confederation
in 1643 the confederation had untied the colonies of new England and said that they are called the New England colonies -
Royal charter
The royal charter let Connecticut become an English colony in 1662 -
Sir Edward Andros
He tried to take control of Connecticut colony in 1687 -
Nathan Hale
American soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. -
Finally a state
On January 9 1788 Connecticut became the 5 stated -
brass
In 1802 Brass industry began at Waterbury -
First dictionary
in 1806 Noah Webster publishes his first dictionary -
war of 1812
Connecticut had resistance to the war of 1812 -
first deaf school
In 1817 the first deaf school to be founded was Gallaudet in Hartford -
The antarctic continent
Captain John Davis of New Haven becomes first man to set foot on the Antarctic Continent. in 1822 -
slavery
They had out lawed slavery from Connecticut in 1848 -
immigrants
In the 1850s, Connecticut’s roughly 38,000 immigrants made up about 10 percent of the state’s population. -
Lincoln speaks in Connecticut
Lincoln speaks in several Connecticut cities to show them why he doesn’t want slavery in the usa as a president in 1860 -
Fighting in the civil war
Connecticut started to fight in the war with the north in 1861 -
First telephone
the first telephone call in world opened in New Haven in 1877 -
Hurricane Gloria
Hurricane Gloria: It was the strongest storm to hit Connecticut in more than 30 years when it came ashore as a Category 2 hurricane Sept. 28. -
alcohol prohibition
In the 1919 Connecticut prohibited the sale and the use of alcohol -
university of new haven
The University of New Haven founded in New Haven Connecticut in 1920 -
Bestey Johnson
Betsey Johnson was born on August 10, 1942, in Wethersfield, Connecticut -
George W Bush
On July 6 1946 George W Bush was born in Connecticut -
Submarine
USS Nautilus, was the world's first nuclear submarine was launched in New London, Connecticut in 1954 -
Hartford university
In 1957 the University of Hartford was founded in Hartford Connection -
) first female governor
Connecticut’s first woman governor was Ella Tambussi Grasso in 1981 -
Special Olympics World Summer Games
The Ninth Special Olympics World Summer Games were held in New Haven, Connecticut, USA on July 1-9, 1995 -
second female governor
M. Jodi Rell becomes Connecticut's second female Governor elected in 2006
