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1600's |
Connecticut was first explored
by the Dutch. Origin of the name of the State - the
name was derived from the Indian name "Quinnehtukqut"
which means "beside the long tidal river."
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1633 |
Dutch traders purchase land
from the Pequot Tribe and make the first permanent
settlement
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1635 |
First English settlers arrive
and were considerably helped by the Paugaussett
Indians |
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1637 |
The Pequot War - Native
Indians of Connecticut included the Narragansetts,
Mohegans, Wampanoags, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, Abenakis
and Pequots. The Pequots were defeated by the
colonists, who were led by John Underhill and John
Mason, and the Narragansetts and Mohegans who were
their allies
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1675 |
1675 - 1677 King Philip's War
so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who
was called Philip by the English. The war was bloody
and bitterly fought by the colonists against the
Wampanoags, Narragansetts, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, and
Abenakis. During King Philip's War, up to one third
of America's white population was wiped out. This
war proved to be the final struggle by the Native
Americans of Connecticut.
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1700s |
By the early 1700s enslaved
Africans made up a growing percentage of the
colonial population |
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1756 |
1756 - 1763: The Seven Years
War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over
land is won by Great Britain. France gives England
all French territory east of the Mississippi River,
except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and
west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1775 |
1775 - 1783: The American
Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes
and total power to legislate any laws governing the
American colonies
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1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
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1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
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1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
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1812 |
1812 - 1815: The War of 1812
between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate
but confirmed America's Independence
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry
and set in motion events that led directly to the
outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known
opponent of slavery, was elected president and in
1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of
South Carolina was followed by the secession of
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the
Confederate States of America. The bombardment of
Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1865 |
1865 December 6: The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery
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1898 |
1898-1901 The Spanish American
War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US
annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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