Genealogical Notes, orContributions to the Family Historyof Some of TheFirst Settlers of Connecticut andMassachusettsBy Nathaniel Goodwin, 1856
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The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony located in British 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 noblemen. After early struggles with the Dutch, the English gained control
of the colony permanently by the late 1630s. The colony was later the scene of a bloody war between the English and Indians, known as the
Pequot War. It played a significant role in the establishment of self-government in the New World with its legendary refusal to surrender local
authority to the Dominion of New England, an event known as the Charter Oak incident.
Two other English colonies in the present-day state of Connecticut were merged into the Colony of Connecticut: Saybrook Colony
in 1644 and New Haven Colony in 1662.