Matthew GriswoldĬonnecticut participates in King Philip's War which was fought in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.Īndros assumes rule over Connecticut Charter Oak episode occurs.Ĭonnecticut resumes government under charter French and Indian War begins. Union of New Haven and Connecticut Colonies completed.

WRITERS, THINKERS AND ARTISTS OF THEIR AGE Regicides John Dixwell, William Goffe and Edward Whalley flee to New Haven (Ann Dudley Winthrop)Ĭode of laws drawn up by Roger Ludlow and adopted by legislature.įirst iron works begun in New Haven (Branford). Massachusetts to found Hartford.įundamental Orders of Connecticut adopted by Freemen of Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor John Haynes chosen first Governor George Fenwick second governor of Saybrook colony Henry Whitfield helps establish the town of Guilford.Ĭonnecticut joins in forming the New England Confederation.Ĭonstruction of the ”The Phantom Ship” authorized.

Thomas Hooker and company journey from Newtown (Cambridge). Wethersfield founded by John Oldham and people from Massachusetts. Plymouth Colony sends William Holmes to found a trading post at Windsor. The Timeline Important Dates in Connecticut's HistoryĪdriaen Block, representing the Dutch, sails up the Connecticut River.ĭutch fort erected, the House of (Good) Hope, on the future site of Hartford.

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