In 1727 the Church of England was permitted to organize in the colony, and in 1729 a similar privilege was granted to the Baptists and Quakers.
Connecticut volunteers were among the first to go to Boston after the battle of Lexington and more than one-half of Washington's army at New York in 1776 was composed of Connecticut soldiers.
Governors Of Connecticut 1 The Colony of Connecticut.
Connecticut’s population expanded gradually, and by 1662 the colony included over a dozen towns, including Saybrook, New London, Fairfield, and Norwalk, as well as East Hampton and Southampton on Long Island.
In 1643, New Haven and Connecticutcolonies joined with Massachusetts Bay colony and Plymouth colony to form the New England Confederation, a loose union for mutual defense.
Connecticut was one of the first states to approve the U.S. Constitution (see Constitutional Convention).
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