Anne Hutchison: Secretly was preaching heresy and was kicked out of Massachusetts. At the time only men were allowed to preach. She went to Rhode Island. 1634.
Thomas Hooker: Founder of the first major settlements in Conn. 1636.
William Bradford: Founder of the Plymouth colony in Mass. 1620.
John Winthrop: Governor of Massachusetts, he had a dream of a "Puritan commonwealth". That didn't work out real well. 1630ish.
Roger Williams: Also kicked out of Mass. for heresy, he was instrumental in starting RI. 1631.
John Wheelwright: Started the first significant settlement in New Hampshire with 35 others. Brother-in-law of Anne Hutchinson. 1638
The colony of Connecticut was a Corporate Colony.
Thomas Hooker expanded voting rights in Connecticut to people other than church members.
Connecticut was first a proprietary colony, then finally succeeded in a Royal Charter under John Winthrop Jr. in 1662.
Hartford became the capital of Connecticut Colony in 1662, and then became the state capital of Connecticut after the American Revolution. It was the largest city in Connecticut colony when it was named the capital.
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Yes, Connecticut was not a self-governing colony but a proprietary colony.
The colony of Connecticut was a Corporate Colony.
Connecticut was a puritan colony
Roger Sherman was one of the founders of the colony of Connecticut. He said, "All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination".
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Connecticut Colony ended in 1776.
Connecticut Colony was created in 1636.
Connecticut Colony did not become a royal colony , it became a proprietary colony
Right where is is today. Saybrook Colony and New Haven Colony were merged to form the Colony of Connecticut.
There were three colonies that settled in Connecticut that were combined under a royal charter in 1662. This unified Connecticut Colony was an English colony originally settled by the Puritans (River Colony) and combined the River Colony with the Saybrook and New Haven Colonies. The founders of the Connecticut Colony are considered to be Minister Thomas Hooker and Governor John Haynes.
Thomas Hooker was responsible for the colony of Connecticut .