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1633. John Oldham and others explore and trade along the Connecticut River. Plymouth Colony sends William Holmes to found a trading post at Windsor. ; 1634.

Connecticut Timeline

1639--Fundamental Orders of Connecticut adopted by Freemen of Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor; John Haynes chosen first Governor. 1643--Connecticut joins in ...

Connecticut ‑ Map, Capital & State | HISTORY

Bush is the only U.S. president born in Connecticut. The ... Selected Important Dates in Connecticut's History, cga.ct.gov. Early ...

History of Connecticut - Wikipedia

The U.S. state of Connecticut began as three distinct settlements of Puritans from Massachusetts and England; they combined under a single royal charter in ...

Connecticut History Timeline - Important Dates & People - On This Day

Events in Connecticut History · 1643-05-19 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form the United Colonies of New England · 1644-02-05 1st US ...

United States presidential elections in Connecticut - Wikipedia

After that, although the Republican Party won Connecticut several times in the presidential election, its advantage was no longer as significant as it had ...

Presidential history in Connecticut spans the centuries

“It was like his 'made in America' statement,” said Diana Ross McCain, an author and historian who specializes in the Nutmeg State. Washington ...

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The first thirteen chief executives of colonial Connecticut (including the governors of Saybrook and New Haven colonies, which merged with Connecticut by ...

Connecticut Presidential Election Voting History - 270toWin

Connecticut has gone through periods where it primarily voted Republican. However, it has gone Democrat for the last eight elections, and is not currently ...

1787 to 1788 | Timeline | Articles and Essays | Digital Collections

The gathering included some of the most respected and talented men in America. George Washington was named president. Edmund Randolph proposed the "Virginia ...

'George Washington Slept Here': The First President's Historic Tour ...

... United States' first president after being unanimously elected under the new U.S. Constitution. ... Connecticut History. On Oct. 15, he was ...

Connecticut Compromise | Date, Context, & Key Details | Britannica

Connecticut Compromise, in United States history, the compromise offered by Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth during the drafting of ...

US Presidents From Connecticut: A Deep Dive Into Their Lives And ...

Biography of Connecticut Presidents · Data and Personal Information · 1. George W. Bush · 2. John Adams · 3. John Quincy Adams · Significant Contributions · Legacy of ...

The American Revolution | Timeline | George Washington Papers

1775. Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, and Benedict Arnold and the Massachusetts and Connecticut militia, take Fort Ticonderoga on the western shore of ...

Continental Congress, 1774–1781 - Office of the Historian

Milestones: 1776–1783. NOTE TO READERS “Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations” has been retired and is no longer maintained ...

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | Teaching American History

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut · Constitutional Convention · Electing the US President: What Happens Between Election Day and the Final Announcement of the ...

Connecticut's Only US President – Who Knew?

…that only one US president has been born in Connecticut. America's 43rd President, George W. Bush, was born in New Haven at the Grace-New Haven ...

The Presidents Timeline - White House Historical Association

The Declaration of Independence: A History | National Archives

The clearest call for independence up to the summer of 1776 came in Philadelphia on June 7. On that date in session in the Pennsylvania State House.

Hartford | History, Location, Map, Population, & Facts - Britannica

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, a document that later served as a model for the U.S. Constitution, was adopted (1639) in Hartford. On Charter Oak Avenue ...