Connecticut Statehood

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:capital_at_statehood gptkb:Hartford
gptkbp:date January 9, 1788
gptkbp:first_governor_after_statehood gptkb:Jonathan_Trumbull_Jr.
gptkbp:first_u._s._senator gptkb:William_Samuel_Johnson
gptkbp:flag_colors gptkb:Flag_of_Connecticut
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Jonathan_Trumbull
gptkbp:historical_documentation Connecticut's Ratification of the Constitution.
gptkbp:historical_significance One of the original thirteen colonies.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Connecticut Statehood
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Federalist_Papers
gptkbp:legal_framework gptkb:Fundamental_Orders_of_1638-1639
gptkbp:location gptkb:Connecticut
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Qui_Transtulit_Sustinet
gptkbp:national_flower gptkb:Mountain_Laurel
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:William_Williams
gptkb:Roger_Sherman
gptkb:Samuel_Huntington
gptkb:James_Hillhouse
gptkb:Oliver_Ellsworth
gptkbp:part_of New England region
gptkbp:population_at_statehood approximately 200,000
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Connecticut_Colony
gptkbp:ratified_by 128 to 40 in favor.
Connecticut Ratifying Convention
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Great_Migration
gptkb:September_11_attacks
gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Civil_War
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Northwest_Ordinance
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkb:Constitutional_Convention_of_1787
gptkb:New_Deal
gptkb:Shays'_Rebellion
gptkb:COVID-19_pandemic
gptkb:War_of_1812
Industrial Revolution in the U. S.
gptkbp:significance Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
gptkbp:state gptkb:Great_Seal_of_the_State_of_Connecticut
gptkb:American_Robin
gptkb:Sperm_Whale
gptkb:White_Oak
gptkb:Yankee_Doodle
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:State_of_Connecticut
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colony_of_Connecticut
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8