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adraiean block sailed up the connectut river landed near hartford
a 45 foot, 16-ton vessel, the Onrust (the Restless). The trial voyage of this new ship was in the spring of 1614 when Block sailed through the East River and the whirlpools he so aptly named Hellegat (Hell Gate) and into Long Island Sound. It is here, in Long Island Sound, that the only reminder of this explorer remains -- Block Island. In the course of this voyage, Block became the first recorded European to explore the Connecticut River, sailing up the river, past present day Hartford. -
dutch purchased land from Pequot tribe, made permanent settlement; Plymouth sent William Holmes to establish trading post at widsour
Winslow followed Walpurgisnacht back to the Connecticut Valley and, having witnessed its hospitable living conditions, decided in 1633 to have a settlement constructed in the area. With the Dutch already nearby (settled in the location of modern-day Hartford), Plymouth leaders decided to erect a trading house in the Connecticut Valley to take advantage of the lucrative local fur trade. Leaders put Lieutenant William Holmes in charge of the expedition. -
weather ford founded oldest permanant settlement in state
In the 1620s, Dutch settlers began moving into the region. They wanted to trade for beaver furs with the Pequot Indians. They built small forts and settlements including the town of Wethersfield in 1634 which is Connecticut's oldest permanent settlement. -
first English settlers arrived in Windsor; fort at saybrook
Although the Dutch asserted their claim to the land at that time, a trading post was established later that same year at present-day Windsor by members of the Dorchester Company of Massachusetts. Wethersfield saw its first settlers in 1634 and Hartford in 1635. In addition, in 1635 English settlers who had traveled with John Winthrop, Jr. (son of the Massachusetts governor) under the sponsorship of Lord Saye and his associates established Fort Saybrook at the mouth of the river. -
Massachusetts colonists arrived, founded hartford
About 100 Puritans, led by the Rev. Thomas Hooker, created a settlement on the banks of the Connecticut River in June 1636. Though this became Hartford, Hooker and his followers were not the first Europeans on the scene -
war beetween settlerers and pequot indains;john mason led them to victory
Under the leadership of Captain John Mason from Connecticut and Captain John Underhill from Massachusetts Bay Colony, English Puritan troops, with the help of Mohegan and Narragansett allies, burned the village and killed the estimated 400-700 Pequots inside. The Pequot War was fought in 1637. It involved the Pequot Indians and the settlers of the Pilgrim Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Pequot were a powerful tribe, their only serious rival the Narragansett -
First constitution, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, adopted; John Haynes chosen as first Governor
Fundamental Orders, in U.S. history, the basic law of the Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662, formally adopted (Jan. 14, 1639) by representatives from the towns of Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor, meeting at Hartford. Thomas Hooker, John Haynes, and Roger Ludlow were most influential in framing the document. The main concern of the Fundamental Orders was the welfare of the community; the individual always had to give way if the needs of the community at large so required. -
connedicutt joined in formation of new england confederation
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legislashre adopted code of laws
Moving to the new settlements along the Connecticut River, he presided (1636) at Windsor over the first court held in Connecticut and is credited with the final drafting of the Fundamental Orders, adopted by the colony in 1639. He also completed the first codification of Connecticut laws, known as Ludlow's Code or the Code of 1650. -
connecticut western reserve lands sold for 1,200,000, proceeds to establish school fund
The WESTERN RESERVE encompassed approx. 3.3 million acres of land in what is now northeastern Ohio. Bounded on the north by Lake Erie, on the east by Pennsylvania, it extended 120 mi. westward. On the south, the Reserve's line was set at 41 degrees north latitude, running just south of the present cities of Youngstown, Akron, and Willard. The state of Connecticut exempted the land from 41 degrees to as far north as 42 degrees when it ceded its western claims to the U.S. in 1786. -
brass industry began at waterbury
The brass industry in Waterbury began in the mid-18th century. In 1802, Southington brothers Abel and Levi Porter moved to Waterbury and joined pewter button makers Henry, Silas, and Samuel Grilley to form Abel Porter and Company, the first rolling brass mill in the US. Brass ingots from old copper kettles and stills were alloyed with zinc and sent to iron mills for rolling into sheets and then returned to be finished by horse-powered steel rollers. -
noah webster published first edistion of his dictionary
Noah Webster published his first dictionary of the English language in 1806, and in 1828 published the first edition of his An American Dictionary of the English Language. The work came out in 1828 in two volumes. It contained 12,000 words and from 30,000 to 40,000 definitions that had not appeared in any earlier dictionary. In 1840 the second edition, corrected and enlarged, came out, in two volumes. He completed the revision of an appendix a few days before his death. -
hartford convension held at state house
The Hartford Convention, held in the Old State House, is called to express dissatisfaction with the War of 1812. 1818 - The adoption of a new state constitution ends the system of an "established," taxpayer-supported church, finally separating church and state in what had been the last theocracy in America. -
first steamboat on the connedicutt river to hartford
First steamboat through the sound from NY to New Haven. Before that passengers and goods were transported in packets and depending on the weather could take up to a week. -
Reformers defeated Federalists in politicial revolution; school for deaf founded in Hartford
1817— Federalists defeated by reformers in political revolution. Thomas Gallaudet found schoolfor the deaf in Hartford. 1818— New state constitution adopted by convention in Hartford and approved by voters -
New Constitution adopted; ended system of established church
A new state constitution adopted by Connecticut in 1818 disestablished the Congregational church, which meant that religion’s ecclesiastical societies no longer automatically served as a template for new towns. The Constitution of 1818 also eliminated property ownership as a qualification for voting. Many more men now were entitled to cast ballots in local elections, increasing interest in making it as convenient as possible to attend town meetings. -
capt. nathaniel palmer, stonington, discovered antartica
On November 18, 1820, Nathaniel Brown Palmer of Stonington, Connecticut, discovered the mainland of Antarctica, one of the seven continents. At 22, Palmer was an experienced sealer and the captain of the sloop Hero, part of a fleet of Stonington sealers. Stonington’s brisk trade in fur sealskins and seal oil made it a leading sealing port of the time. -
Capt. John Davis, New Haven, first to set foot in Antarctica
The first recorded landing on the Antarctic continent took place on February 7, 1821. Men from the American sealer Cecilia, under Captain John Davis, landed at Hughes Bay (64°01'S) looking for seals. Though they were on shore for less than an hour, these men were the first humans to set foot on this new southern land. Davis correctly guessed that the land was a continent -
slavery abolished in connedicut
Connecticut passed the Gradual Abolition Act of 1784, but this act did not emancipate any enslaved persons, only those who would be born into slavery and only after they reached the age of 25. This gradual process meant that slavery in Connecticut did not officially end until 1848—long after many other Northern states had abolished the practice. -
57,379 men, women volunteer for Civil War; more than 20,000 killed
Some 55,000 Connecticut men served during the Civil War and, of those, roughly 10 percent lost their lives. On the home front, state industries gave the Union a strategic manufacturing advantage in arms, munitions, and other provisions. Women’s innovations included soldier’s aid societies, with Bridgeport’s being the nation’s first. The societies supplied essential items to troops and tended to the wounded and dead. This was not, however, a time of easy unity. -
First U.S. Navy submarine constructed
As the new century dawned, prominent American naval leaders like Admiral George Dewey called the submarine a real threat to international surface forces, leading the Navy to acquire its first submarine in 1900. Overcoming competition from fellow American inventor, Simon Lake, Holland sold his newest model, Holland VI, to the Navy for $160,000 on 11 April of that year. -
approximately 210,000 connecticutians served in ww1
When the US entered Europe’s Great War in 1917, Connecticut manufacturers provided the military with munitions, clothing, and other goods. From Manchester silk and Waterbury brass to Bridgeport’s Remington Arms, which produced 50% of the US Army’s small arms cartridges, the industrial ramp up produced labor shortages. Many found opportunity and settled, but they also encountered racial discrimination from whites and class prejudice within established black communities. -
Hurricane caused loss of lives, much property damage; first section of Merritt Parkway opened
1,000,000,000 dollar in property loss
200k died
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Approximately 210,000 Connecticutians served in World War II 50% of them died
almost 50% of the Connecticutians died
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Approximately 52,000 Connecticutians served in Korean War
Approximately 52,000 Connecticutians served in Korean War
Wwii was the deadliest ww
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1st atomic submarine, the Nautilus, launched at Groton
Was a scarier take off
Other country’s watch updated their watch on us -
cival unions to same sex coupeles
2nd state to do so
both states were bullied -
Power plant explosion near Middletown
killed 5 11 ingured -
Airline passengers diverted to Windsor Locks
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winter storm caused major disrupsions
the disruptions like travel andpower outigies
