Voices from Colonial America: Connecticut 1614-1776

by Burgan, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781426300691
• ISBN10: 1426300697
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-14
• Publisher: National Geographic Kids

Summary

The Constitution State. Land of Steady Habits. The Provision State. Connecticut has many names, each a colorful insight into the history of this stubborn, gutsy New England state. Eyewitness accounts, lively narrative, and archival images take readers back to Connecticut's formative years. Learn how the rst witchcraft trial and execution in North America took place there in 1647; how a quest for new opportunities and more religious freedom lead Massachusetts settlers to found Connecticut Colony in the fertile valley along the Quinnehtukqut River; why Thomas Hooker's Fundamental Orders, America's first written constitution, was adapted; and how hard work and "Yankee ingenuity" produced the bountiful harvests and the growth of manufacturing that helped win the Revolutionary War.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Along the Long Tidal River	p. 13
The Puritans of Connecticut	p. 25
Daily Life in the First Settlements	p. 37
Creating a United Colony	p. 47
Servants and Slaves	p. 59
New Challenges	p. 69
A Slowly Growing Colony	p. 79
Revolutionary Connecticut	p. 93
Time Line	p. 104
Resources	p. 105
Quote Sources	p. 106
Index	p. 107
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