Colony of Connecticut

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colony_of_Connecticut
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area approximately 5,500 square miles
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Hartford
gptkbp:charteredBy gptkb:King_Charles_II
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:disbanded 1776
gptkbp:established 1636
gptkbp:event gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Pequot_War
gptkb:King_Philip's_War
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Connecticut_Colony
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Thomas_Hooker
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:colonial_administrator
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colony of Connecticut
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:General_Court_of_Connecticut
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:New_England
gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Saybrook_Colony
gptkb:New_Haven_Colony
gptkbp:motto Qui transtulit sustinet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Connecticut_River
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Fundamental_Orders_of_Connecticut
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Winthrop_the_Younger
gptkb:John_Haynes
gptkb:Jonathan_Trumbull
gptkb:Thomas_Welles
gptkb:Roger_Ludlow
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:population about 206,701 (1774)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Saybrook_Colony
gptkb:New_Haven_Colony
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Congregationalism
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Connecticut
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4