Connecticut

Conneticut is part of the New England Colonies


 * **//__When It Began__//** || **//__Who Began It__//** || **//__Why Was It Begun__//** || **//__Where Did It Begin__//** || **//__Who Was Already There__//** ||
 * 1630 || Thomas Hooker || Because puritans in England couldn't stand the kings laws and they wanted to purify the church of england but they couldn't so instead they ran away like the pilgrims but they ran away to Connecticut || In Connecticut || the pequot and the algonquin native american tribes ||

Connecticut was founded in the 1630s. The capital is Hartford. The nickname is the constitutional state. Connecticut is the third smallest state in the united states of america, with an area of only 14,356 sq km. the connecticut colony was founded by Thomas Hooker and a group of massachusetts colonists. some significant events were: Pequot War - 1636-1637 The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

__//***Adrian Block claimed the land of what is now Connecticut, for the Dutch. It became the land of New Netherland.**////*//__ The name "Connecticut" originates from the Mohegan word //quinnitukqut//, meaning "place of long tidal river" - this is the connecticut flag.

By Neil and Elana.