Map of the Connecticut, New Haven, and Saybrook colonies
Status
Colony of England (1636–1707) Colony of Great Britain (1707–1776)
Capital
Hartford (1636–1776) New Haven (joint capital with Hartford, 1701–76)
Common languages
English, Mohegan-Pequot, and Quiripi
Religion
Congregationalism (official)[1]
Government
Self-governing colony
Governor
• 1639-1640
John Haynes (first)
• 1769-1776
Jonathan Trumbull (last)
Legislature
General Court
History
• Established
March 3, 1636
• Dominion of New England Independence
1686 1689–1776
Currency
Connecticut pound
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saybrook Colony
New Haven Colony
Connecticut
Today part of
United States ∟Connecticut
The Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation, and the English permanently gained control of the region in 1637 after struggles with the Dutch. The colony was later the scene of a bloody war between the colonists and Pequots known as the Pequot War. Connecticut Colony played a significant role in the establishment of self-government in the New World with its refusal to surrender local authority to the Dominion of New England, an event known as the Charter Oak incident which occurred at Jeremy Adams' inn and tavern.
Two other English settlements in Connecticut were merged into the Colony of Connecticut: Saybrook Colony in 1644 and New Haven Colony in 1662.
^Barck, Oscar T.; Lefler, Hugh T. (1958). Colonial America. New York: Macmillan. p. 398.
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