13 Colonies Project
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HISTORY
- Connecticut was founded by Thomas Hooker.
- He didn't like how Winthrop ran Massachusetts so he left.
- Thomas Hooker found Connecticut in 1636.
GEOGRAPHY
- Connecticut is located south of Massachusetts, west of Rhode Island, east and north of New York
- Connecticut is part of the New England region.
- Mountains thick with trees, many rivers, and poor rocky soil.
- Because of the rocky soil farmers could only raise corn, pumpkin, and squash.
- People moved many ideas, and sicknesses.
ECONOMY
- The colony connecticut's major exports were flour, dried meat, fish, rum,
- and iron bars.
- The native Americans traded furs for guns, blankets, and iron pots.
- The Connecticut people had a big industry for ship building.
- They manufactured rum.
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GOVERNMENT
- Because of the fundamental orders of Connecticut established in 1639.
- Connecticut had a representative government.
- If you were a Caucasian male you had to be 21 in order to vote.
- John Haynes was the first governor of Connecticut.
- Puritan was the most influential within the economy.
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GOVERNMENT
- The colony did allow religious freedom that is why Thomas hooker left Massachusetts.
- Native Americans went to war with and against Connecticut.
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