Connecticut Colony

Connecticut Colony
1636–1686 1689–1776
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Map of the Connecticut, New Haven, and Saybrook colonies
Status	Colony of England (1636–1707) Colony of Great Britain (1707–1776)
Capital	Hartford (1636–1776) New Haven (joint capital with Hartford, 1701–76)
Common languages	English, Mohegan-Pequot, and Quiripi
Religion	Congregationalism (official)[1]
Government	Self-governing colony
Governor
• 1639-1640	John Haynes (first)
• 1769-1776	Jonathan Trumbull (last)
Legislature	General Court
History
• Established	March 3, 1636
• Dominion of New England Independence	1686 1689–1776
Currency	Connecticut pound
Preceded by Succeeded by Saybrook Colony New Haven Colony Connecticut
Today part of	United States  ∟ Connecticut

The Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation, and the English permanently gained control of the region in 1637 after struggles with the Dutch. The colony was later the scene of a bloody war between the colonists and Pequots known as the Pequot War. Connecticut Colony played a significant role in the establishment of self-government in the New World with its refusal to surrender local authority to the Dominion of New England, an event known as the Charter Oak incident which occurred at Jeremy Adams' inn and tavern.

Two other English settlements in Connecticut were merged into the Colony of Connecticut: Saybrook Colony in 1644 and New Haven Colony in 1662.