Connecticut

Thomas Hooker and one hundred settlers, Hooker, made a new colony in Connecticut. Colonists began to come in 1635 but the big colony began in1636. It was spawned from the Massachusetts colony. They were fighting themselves and they needed more room. As early as 1633, Puritans and Pilgrims slowly moved into the Connecticut area, drawn in by the many forests. In 1636, the Puritan leader Thomas Hooker moved three groups to this valley, creating the towns of Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor. The Connecticut charter was free to the colonists, allowing people to vote without church membership. This was one of the first occurences of separation from the church and state.Hooker and his followers came to this new land in search of greater religious and political oppurtunity. They also wanted to build farms on the fertile land along the connecticut river. The earliest settlements in the colony were small fishing villages. The capital of conneticut- Hartford The largest city- Bridgeport The area is- 5,544 square miles Population - 3,405,565 Major Industries- agriculture, industry (especially insurance), tourism Connecticut is located in the New England colonies.Connecticut is made of mostly Puritans and immigrants weren't welcome.There was religious freedom for the colonists. Most colonists farmed and fished to get, corn, and fishing You can practice your religious beliefs as you wish.There is a temperate climate and is right by a body of water. It a wealthy colony their food to survive. The Colonists also owned slaves. Slavery was large in connecticut. There wasn't much government power in Connecticut. If you weren't a farmer then you traded up and down the Connecticut river with the Native Americas they would give steel tools for furs from the animals.You can make a living of agriculture (farming wheat, barley, oats. Back in colonial times there were one room schoolhouses. In the one room schoolhouses there were kids that were 4 years old mixed in with kids up to 17 years old;all learning the same curriculum. Some of the jobs available were a shoemaker, blacksmith, fisherman, cooper, printer, surveyor, miller, merchant, and dressmaker( mostly for women)

Two other English colonies in the present-day state of connecticut were merged into the Colony of Connecticut: Saybrook Colony in 1644 and New Haven Colony in 1662.

The agriculture in connecticutis nursery stock, eggs, dairy products, cattle.

The industries are transportation equipment, machinery, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, chemical products, scientific instruments.

this is the connecticut flag.
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