Colony of Connecticut
- English Colony located in North America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut
- originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3 1636 as a haven for Puritan gentlemen
- after early struggles with the Dutch the English had gained control of the colony permanently by the late 1620's
- two English colonies in present day Conn. were merged in to colony of say-brook colony in 1644 and new haven colony in 1662
- the charter oak incident also occurred in the colony of Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
- was a prominent Puritan colonial leader
- left mass bay colony when he became upset with church leaders
- author who wrote religious issues and materials references to elections and appointments
- father of Conn.
- great speaker of Christianity
John Haynes
- 5th gov. of MBC
- 1st gov. of Conn.
- influential in drafting laws and legal frameworks in both Mass. and Conn,
- committee that drafted the fundamentals Orders of Conn which has been called one of the first written constitutions.
John Davenport
- English puritan clergyman and co-founder of American Colony of New haven
- religious leader who was also a pastor in the church
John Winthrop the younger
- founder of Conn.
- became a gov.
- father was important in the Mass. Bay Colony
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