| 1614 |
Dutch explorer Adriaen Block sails along the Connecticut coastline and up the Connecticut River.
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| 1631 |
The Earl of Warwick signs the “Warwick Patent,” a deed of conveyance granting land rights in what is now southeastern Connecticut.
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| 1633 |
The Dutch establish a fort, the House of (Good) Hope, at the modern-day location of Hartford.
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William Holmes, of the Plymouth Colony, establishes a trading post where the Farmington River meets the Connecticut River. It is arguably the first English settlement in Connecticut and ultimately becomes the town of Windsor.
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| 1634 |
Captain John Oldham establishes a settlement south of the Dutch in Hartford that eventually becomes the town of Wethersfield.
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| 1635 |
Engineer and soldier Lion Gardiner is hired to erect a fort at Saybrook, establishing the Saybrook Colony at the mouth of the Connecticut River.
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| 1636 |
Thomas Hooker and a group of settlers from Massachusetts found Hartford.
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The Colony of Connecticut is formed when the towns of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield join together.
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| 1637 |
The Connecticut Colony formally declares war on the Pequot.
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John Haynes is chosen as Connecticut’s first governor.
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| 1643 |
Connecticut becomes a founding member of the New England Confederation.
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| 1644 |
The Saybrook and Connecticut colonies unite.
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| 1646 |
The New London area, originally founded by John Winthrop Jr., is established.
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| 1647 |
In Hartford, authorities hang Alse Young, the first person in Connecticut to be executed for witchcraft.
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| 1650 |
The legislature passes the code of laws drawn up by Roger Ludlow.
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| 1662 |
John Winthrop Jr. acquires a royal charter meant to unite the colony of Connecticut with the New Haven Colony. It ends up serving as Connecticut’s constitution for the next 156 years.
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| 1665 |
Authorities complete the unification of the New Haven and Connecticut colonies.
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