Connecticut

Intersting Facts: 1755 Connecticut Gazette of Newhaven, first newspaper in Connecticut = 1643: Connecticut joins in forming the New England Confederation =
 * Date Founded: January 9th, 1788 ||  ||
 * Founded By: Minister Thomas Hooker ||  ||
 * Purpose of colony(Reason for founding the colony): For Purtian Freedom and more Financial Opportunities. ||  ||
 * Type of Colony: Proprietary ||  ||
 * Primary Economic Activities: Wheat and corn farming as well as fishing. Other exports: tobacco, whaling, livestock, and ship building ||  ||
 * Major Events/People/Key Ideas: Colony founded in Januarry of 1788, Thomas Hooker was the founder of the colony. Adrian Black contributed to the finding of the colony by finding the Connecticut river. ||  ||
 * Date it became a Royal Colony: It did not become a royal colony it became a proprietary colony.[[image:newkirkapush/imagesCAGYHHDI.jpg width="203" height="173" align="right"]] ||  ||