GLCEventAchieved Statehood?`CNote(5th state) to join the union.Ihttp://www.state.ct.us/about.htm Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001.American Civil WarlBhttp://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001.American RevolutionO ZMBegan with the Declaration of Independence and ended with the Treay of Paris.[http://webpages.homestead.com/revwar/files/INDEX.HTM Taken from the Internet, July 3, 2001Benedict ArnoldwsContinental army general and traitor. Arnold was born in Norwich, Connecticut. Since 1780, Arnold's name has been synonymous in the United States with betrayal and treason. Hhttp://www.historychannel.com/ Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Collegiate SchoolSaybrookThe early history of Yale occurred outside of New Haven. Although one of the first wishes of John Davenport on founding the New Haven Colony was to create a college for the instruction of civic and religious leaders, when the "Collegiate School" (as it was originally called) was finally founded in 1701 by a group of [Puritan] ministers from towns along the Connecticut shore, it began with one student and was held in the Saybrook home of Rector Abraham Pierson. For the next 16 years it moved from town to town, operating at private homes of tutors or Trustees in Milford, Saybrook, East Guilford and upriver at Wethersfield, leading ultimately to serious dissent over what town would, in fact, acquire the college. The final decision was in favor of New Haven. Nhttp://www.colonialwarsct.org/1701.htm Taken from the Internet June 28, 2001.-Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association formed|HThis marked the beginning of organized feminist activity in Connecticut.tNichols, Carole. Votes and More for Women: Suffrage and After in Connecticut. New York, Hawthorne Press: 1983. P. 5.Dutch ExplorershIAdriaen Block, representing the Dutch, sails up the Connecticut River. jhttp://www.sots.state.ct.us/RegisterManual/SectionI/seldates.htm Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001.Eli Whitney's MusketspEli Whitney procures his first Federal musket contract. In his Haddam armory, Whitney produces high quality, machine made muskets with standard, interchangeable parts using unskilled labor. This was a major contribution to modern manufacturing processes.Whttp://www.kids.state.ct.us/history.htm#Dates Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Ella Grasso elected GovernorJj.First woman elected Governor in Connecticut. http://hartford.about.com/citiestowns/newenglandus/hartford/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sots.state.ct.us%2FRegisterManual%2FSectionI%2Fseldates.htm Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001.First Continental CongressL PhiladephiarSilas Deane, Eliphalet Dyer, and Roger Sherman represent Connecticut at First Continental Congress. http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/firstcongress.htm#The First Continental Congress Meeting Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001.First Cotton gin{i New HavenCFirst cotton gin, Eli Whitney of New Haven patented this invention.Qhttp://www.state.ct.us/about.htm#Firsts Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001. First Frisbee?|Yale students discovered empty pie plates from Mrs. Frisbie Pies in Bridgeport could be sailed across the New Haven Green. Qhttp://www.state.ct.us/about.htm#Firsts Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001.First Law School in America7[ LitchfieldFirst law school in America, Litchfield Law School Graduates included John C. Calhoun, Aaron Burr, Horace Mann, Oliver Wolcott, Jr. and Noah Webster. Qhttp://www.state.ct.us/about.htm#Firsts Taken from the Internet June 24, 2001.First Newspaper Published'? Hartford, CTKFirst newspaper, "The Hartford Courant" published since October 29, 1764. Rhttp://www.state.ct.us/about.htm#Firsts Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001.First Witch to be Hanged in US Windsor, CT=ALICE YOUNG is the first witch to be hanged in America. Qhttp://www.ctforum.org/cwhf/firsts.htm Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Fundamental OrdersVThe Fundamental Orders, a democratic principle of government based on the will of the people, are said to have been the first written Constitution of a democratic government. Thats why Connecticut today is nicknamed "The Constitution State."whttp://www.sots.state.ct.us/RegisterManual/SectionI/firstconst.htm#HISTORICAL Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001.Harriet Beecher StoweLitchfield, ConnecticutDHarriet Beecher Stowe was born June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut . She is best known today as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which helped galvanize the abolitionist cause and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War. Uncle Tom's Cabin sold over 10,000 copies in the first weeks. It was a best seller of its day.xHarriet's Life and Times. http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/life/#intro Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001. Hurricane6Connecticut River ValleyThe combined effects from the frontal system and the hurricane produced rainfall of 10 to 17 inches across most of the Connecticut River Valley. This resulted in some of the worst flooding ever recorded in the area (Vallee & Dion, 1998). qhttp://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/weather_history_38.html Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Prudence CrandallQvrCanterbury, NHEducator and abolitionist. Prudence Crandall, director of the first private boarding school for black girls in New England, was born into a Quaker family in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, and spent most of her childhood in the prosperous village of Canterbury, Connecticut. In 1831, with the assistance of the town fathers, Crandall opened the Canterbury Female Seminary in a large house on the village green. The school thrived until she granted the request of Sarah Harris, a black servant girl, to attend classes. When the parents of her white students threatened to withdraw their daughters, Crandall conferred with Boston abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, editor of the Liberator, and decided to close her school and reopen it as a school for black girls. Ghttp://www.historychannel.com/ Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Slavery Abolished Slavery abolished in Connecticuthttp://hartford.about.com/citiestowns/newenglandus/hartford/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sots.state.ct.us%2FRegisterManual%2FSectionI%2Fseldates.htm Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001.The Amistad CaseOn June 28, 1839, the Spanish ship Amistad left a port in Havana, Cuba, with 53 Africans who had been kidnapped from their homeland. They were being sent to another part of Cuba for a lifetime of slavery. Before the ship reached its destination, the Africans seized control and forced the Spanish owners to sail towards Africa, using the sun as a guide. However, at night the owners sailed northward, hoping to come ashore in a Southern slave state in America. Instead, the ship entered the waters of Long Island Sound where the U.S. Navy took it into custody. The Africans were eventually placed in jail in New Haven while their fate became a major legal case that took two years to resolve. Xhttp://www.ctfreedomtrail.com/text/amistad.asp Taken from the Internet, June 25,2001.The first permanent settlementsǃHartford, WindsorThe first permanent settlements were made by English Puritans from Massachusetts, starting in 1633. As well, the Dutch erect a fort, the House of (Good) Hope, on the future site of Hartford. |http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozgeography/c/130020.html#HEAD6 Taken from the Internet June 28, 2001.The Hartford ConventionHartford, Connecticut~The Hartford Convention grew out of New England Federalists' opposition to the War of 1812. Because of their close mercantile ties to Great Britain, the New England states had tried to prevent the declaration of war in June 1812, and that summer, both Massachusetts and Connecticut refused to contribute militia to the federal government. In spite of an embargo enacted by Congress in December 1813, New Englanders continued to sell supplies to British troops in Canada and to British vessels offshore. Twenty-six Federalists representing Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont met in Hartford, Connecticut.Ihttp://www.historychannel.com/ Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Webster DictionaryzNoah Webster publishes the first abbreviated edition of his dictionary of the American language. The full edition published in 1828 contained 70,000 entries and largely replaced English dictionaries. The American language now had a legitimate reference source.Whttp://www.kids.state.ct.us/history.htm#Dates Taken from the Internet, June 25, 2001.Women Can Vote?uNichols, Carole. Votes and More for Women: Suffrage and After in Connecticut. New York, Hawthorne Press: 1983. p. 36.Yale New Haven@Collegiate School moves to New Haven; called Yale the next year.ihttp://www.sots.state.ct.us/RegisterManual/SectionI/seldates.htm Taken from the Internet, June 24, 2001.