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C0575200 (kə-nĕt′ĭ-kət) Abbr. CT or Conn. or Ct. A state of the northeast United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, it was visited by Dutch navigators after 1614, and in 1635 colonists from Massachusetts Bay began to settle in the Connecticut River valley. In 1639 the colony adopted the Fundamental Orders, a constitution based on the consent of the governed. Connecticut ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. Hartford is the capital and Bridgeport the largest city.

Connecticut

(kəˈnɛtɪkət) n1. (Placename) a state of the northeastern US, in New England. Capital: Hartford. Pop: 3 483 372 (2003 est). Area: 12 973 sq km (5009 sq miles). Abbreviation: Conn. or CT (with zip code)2. (Placename) a river in the northeastern US, rising in N New Hampshire and flowing south to Long Island Sound. Length: 651 km (407 miles)

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n. 1. a state in the NE United States. 3,405,565; 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Cap.: Hartford. Abbr.: Conn., Ct., CT 2. a river flowing S from N New Hampshire through Massachusetts and Connecticut into Long Island Sound. 407 mi. (655 km) long.
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Noun1.Connecticut - a New England stateConnecticut - a New England state; one of the original 13 coloniesConstitution State, CT, Nutmeg StateU.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and ConnecticutBridgeport - a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island SoundFarmington - a residential town in central Connecticutcapital of Connecticut, Hartford - the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance businessNew Haven - a city in southwestern Connecticut; site of Yale UniversityNew London - a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th centuryWaterbury - a city in west central ConnecticutHousatonic, Housatonic River - a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island SoundLong Island Sound - a sound between Long Island and ConnecticutTaconic Mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont
2.Connecticut - a river in the northeastern United StatesConnecticut - a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island SoundConnecticut RiverU.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
3.Connecticut - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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Connecticut


Connecticut,

longest river in New England, 407 mi (655 km) long, rising in the Connecticut Lakes, N N.H., near the Quebec border, and flowing S along the Vt.-N.H. line, then across Mass. and Conn. to enter Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook, Conn.; drains c.11,000 sq mi (28,500 sq km). Holyoke Falls, at 57 ft (17 m), is the highest of many falls and rapids. The river is navigable to Hartford, Conn. The Connecticut Valley is one of the best agricultural regions in New England. World-famous cigar binder and wrapper tobacco are grown in the lower part of the valley; truck farming and dairying are also important. The Connecticut's water power led to the rise of industrial cities along the river in the 19th cent., and the valley became a manufacturing region; large centers include Holyoke and Springfield, Mass., and Windsor, Conn. Several hydroelectric and nuclear facilities also lie along the river. After severe 1953 floods, the Connecticut River Flood Control Compact was established to sponsor flood-control measures on the river.

Connecticut

(kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W).

Facts and Figures

Area, 5,009 sq mi (12,973 sq km). Pop. (2010) 3,574,097, a 4.9% increase since the 2000 census. Capital, Hartford. Largest city, Bridgeport. Statehood, Jan. 9, 1788 (5th of the original 13 states to ratify the Constitution). Highest pt., Mt. Frissell, 2,380 ft (726 m); lowest pt., sea level. Nickname, Constitution State. Motto, Qui Transtulit Sustinet [He Who Transplanted Still Sustains]. State bird, American robin. State flower, mountain laurel. State tree, white oak. Abbr., Conn.; CT

Geography

Generally rectangular in shape, Connecticut extends c.90 mi (145 km) from east to west and c.55 mi (90 km) from north to south. The state is divided into two roughly equal sections, usually called the eastern highland and the western highland, which are separated by the Connecticut Valley lowland. The ConnecticutConnecticut,
longest river in New England, 407 mi (655 km) long, rising in the Connecticut Lakes, N N.H., near the Quebec border, and flowing S along the Vt.-N.H. line, then across Mass. and Conn. to enter Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook, Conn.; drains c.
..... Click the link for more information.  River, which flows through only the northern half of this lowland, veers off to the southeast at Middletown in central Connecticut. In the south along Long Island Sound is a low, rolling coastal plain. The western highland, with the Taconic Mts. and the Litchfield Hills, is more rugged than the eastern highland. A few isolated peaks in the west are over 2,000 ft (610 m) high. The Thames and the rivers emptying into it drain the eastern highland, and the Housatonic, with its chief tributary, the Naugatuck, drains the western highland. The Connecticut shore is a popular summer resort area, and the protected waters of Long Island Sound lure boating enthusiasts. BridgeportBridgeport,
city (1990 pop. 141,686), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on Long Island Sound; inc. 1836. Long a chief industrial city in Connecticut, it makes electrical appliances, transportation equipment, clothing, ammunition, metal products, wiring devices, machinery, helicopters,
..... Click the link for more information.  is the largest city, with HartfordHartford,
city (1990 pop. 139,739), state capital, Hartford co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled as Newtown 1635–36 on the site of a Dutch trading post (1633; abandoned 1654), inc. 1784.
..... Click the link for more information. , the capital, and New HavenNew Haven,
city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many
..... Click the link for more information.  next in size.

Economy

Though famed for its rural loveliness, Connecticut derives most of its wealth from industry. Textiles, silverware, sewing machines, and clocks and watches are among Connecticut's historic manufactures. The state's principal industries today produce jet engines and parts, electronics and electrical machinery, computer equipment, and helicopters. Much of Connecticut's manufacturing is for the military. Firearms and ammunition, first produced here at the time of the American Revolution, are still made, and Groton is still a center for submarine building. Declines in federal defense spending, however, have adversely affected the state's economy.

Agriculture accounts for only a small share of state income; dairy products, eggs, vegetables, tobacco, mushrooms, and apples are the leading farm items. High-grade broadleaf tobacco, used in making cigar wrappers, has been a specialty of Connecticut agriculture since the 1830s. Largely shade-grown in the Connecticut Valley, it remains a valuable crop. Many varieties of fish, as well as oysters, lobsters, and other shellfish, are caught in Long Island Sound, but the fishing industry is small and has been hampered by pollution of the waters. Stone, sand, and gravel account for most of the limited income derived from mining.

Insurance is important in Connecticut; the Hartford metropolitan area is one of the industry's world centers, with the home offices of many insurance companies. Financial, real estate, and service industries are also of major importance. The Foxwoods gambling casino and resort on the Mashantucket Pequot reservation has since its opening in 1992 become one of the largest employers in the state, and the nearby Mohegan Sun casino has joined it in attracting visitors to SE Connecticut.

Government, Politics, and Higher Education

Connecticut's state senate has 36 members and its house of representatives has 151; members of both houses are elected for two-year terms. The state executive branch is headed by a governor elected for a term of four years. In 1994, John G. Rowland, the state's first Republican chief executive in 24 years, was elected. He was reelected in 1998 and 2002 but resigned in 2004 as he faced impeachment proceedings over suspected corruption. (Rowland subsequently pleaded guilty to a federal charge of corruption.) Lt. Gov. M. Jodi Rell, also a Republican, succeeded Rowland, and she won election to the post in 2006. Democrat Dan Malloy was elected governor in 2010 and reelected in 2014, and Democrat Ned Lamont was elected in 2018. Connecticut's counties have lost most of their governmental functions to the state's towns and cities. Connecticut is represented in the U.S. Congress by five representatives and two senators and has seven electoral votes.

Institutions of higher learning in Connecticut include Yale Univ., at New Haven; Trinity College, at Hartford; Wesleyan Univ., at Middletown; the Univ. of Connecticut, at Storrs; and the United States Coast Guard AcademyUnited States Coast Guard Academy,
at New London, Conn.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. Coast Guard; established 1876, opened 1877 as United States Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction, took its present name in 1915.
..... Click the link for more information.  and Connecticut College, at New London.

History

Dutch and English Exploration and Settlement

In 1614 the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block sailed through Long Island Sound and explored the Connecticut River. The Dutch built a small fort in 1633 on the site of present-day Hartford, but they abandoned it in 1654 as English settlers moved into the area in increasing numbers.

Edward Winslow of Plymouth Colony was apparently the first English colonist to visit (1632) Connecticut, and in 1633 members of the Plymouth Colony established a trading post on the site of WindsorWindsor
, town (1990 pop. 27,817), Hartford co., N Conn., at the confluence of the Farmington and Connecticut rivers, just N of Hartford. Settled by Plymouth Colony in 1633, the town was named Dorchester in 1635 and renamed Windsor in 1637.
..... Click the link for more information. . This small Pilgrim enterprise was soon absorbed by Puritan settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Company. These settlers had been attracted to the area by the excellent reports brought back by one of their members, John Oldham, in 1633. Oldham returned to the Connecticut area in 1634 and established still another trading post, which became WethersfieldWethersfield
, town (1990 pop. 25,651), Hartford co., central Conn., on the Connecticut River, adjoining Hartford on the north; settled 1634 by colonists from Watertown, Mass.; inc. 1637.
..... Click the link for more information. . The following year Puritans flocked in great numbers to the Connecticut River Valley.

In 1636, Thomas Hooker and his congregation left Newtown and settled near the Dutch trading post that had been established on the site of Hartford. The PequotPequot
, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Pequot are of the Eastern Woodlands cultural area (see under Natives, North American).
..... Click the link for more information.  people resisted white settlement, but they were defeated by the English in the short Pequot War of 1637. Relations remained relatively peaceful until King Philip's War in 1675–76. In 1638–39 representatives of the three Connecticut River towns—Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield—met at Hartford and formed the colony of Connecticut. They also adopted the Fundamental OrdersFundamental Orders,
in U.S. history, the basic law of the Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662, formally adopted (Jan. 14, 1639) by representatives from the towns of Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor, meeting at Hartford.
..... Click the link for more information. , which established a government for the colony.

A second colony, Saybrook, had been established at the mouth of the Connecticut River in 1635 by an English group. The colony's founders (who included Viscount Saye and Sile and Baron Brooke, for whom the colony was named) sold the Saybrook settlement to Connecticut colony in 1644. Connecticut's population expanded gradually, and by 1662 the colony included over a dozen towns, including Saybrook, New LondonNew London,
city (1990 pop. 24,540), New London co., SE Conn., on the Thames River near its mouth on Long Island Sound; laid out 1646 by John Winthrop, inc. 1784. It is a deepwater port of entry, with shipbuilding, high-technology research and engineering, pharmaceutical
..... Click the link for more information. , FairfieldFairfield.
1 City (1990 pop. 12,200), Jefferson co., N central Ala., an industrial suburb of Birmingham; inc. 1919. Founded (1910) by the United States Steel Corp., its steel industry has greatly declined, negatively affecting the city's economy.
..... Click the link for more information. , and NorwalkNorwalk
. 1 City (1990 pop. 94,279), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1957. With the arrival (1875) of the Southern Pacific RR, it became a center for the dairy and logging industries, but Norwalk's main growth occurred with the rapid
..... Click the link for more information. , as well as East Hampton and Southampton on Long Island. Another Puritan settlement, New Haven, was established in 1638. It was not connected with Connecticut colony.

The New England Confederation

In 1643, New Haven and Connecticut colonies joined with Massachusetts Bay colony and Plymouth colony to form the New England ConfederationNew England Confederation,
union for "mutual safety and welfare" formed in 1643 by representatives of the colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven.
..... Click the link for more information. , a loose union for mutual defense. In 1662, Connecticut sent its governor, John Winthrop (1606–76), to London to secure a royal charter for the colony. He obtained the charter, by which Connecticut won its legal right to exist as a corporate colony and also acquired New Haven.

The years from 1750 to 1776 saw much bitter disagreement between radicals and conservatives in the colony. In 1776, the patriot governor, Jonathan Trumbull, was reelected almost unanimously (Connecticut and Rhode Island were the only colonies privileged to elect their chief executives), and he was the only governor of any colony to be retained in office after the outbreak of the American Revolution. There was little fighting in Connecticut during the Revolution—skirmishes at Stonington (1775), Danbury (1777), New Haven (1779), and New London (1781)—even though the state was the principal supply area for the Continental Army.

After the war the state relinquished (1786) to the United States its claims to western land, except for the Western ReserveWestern Reserve,
tract of land in NE Ohio, on the southern shore of Lake Erie, retained by Connecticut in 1786 when it ceded its claims to its western lands (see Northwest Territory).
..... Click the link for more information.  (an area in Ohio). This claim was retained until part of the land was given to Connecticut citizens in 1792 and the remainder sold in 1795. In 1799, Connecticut's long dispute with Pennsylvania over the Wyoming ValleyWyoming Valley,
c.20 mi (30 km) long and 3 to 4 mi (4.8–6.4 km) wide, in Luzerne co., NE Pa., through which flows the Susquehanna River. Wilkes-Barre is the major city of this once-rich anthracite coal region.
..... Click the link for more information.  was finally settled. Connecticut was one of the first states to approve the U.S. Constitution (see Constitutional ConventionConstitutional Convention,
in U.S. history, the 1787 meeting in which the Constitution of the United States was drawn up. The Road to the Convention

The government adopted by the Thirteen Colonies in America (see Confederation, Articles of, and Continental
..... Click the link for more information. ).

The Embargo Act of 1807, passed during the administration of Thomas Jefferson, was vehemently denounced throughout New England; the ports on Long Island Sound and on the Connecticut River had developed a lively carrying trade with which the embargo interfered. The War of 1812 was also so unpopular that New England Federalists, meeting at the Hartford ConventionHartford Convention,
Dec. 15, 1814–Jan. 4, 1815, meeting to consider the problems of New England in the War of 1812; held at Hartford, Conn. Prior to the war, New England Federalists (see Federalist party) had opposed the Embargo Act of 1807 and other government measures;
..... Click the link for more information.  in late 1814, considered secession. In 1818 the Jeffersonians came into power in the state, and a new constitution, replacing the old charter of 1662, was adopted. It disestablished the Congregational Church and greatly extended the franchise, although universal manhood suffrage was not proclaimed until 1845.

Early Manufacturing

Meanwhile, after Connecticut's shipping industry had been ruined by the embargo and the war, the state turned to manufacturing. Artisans and craftsmen had become increasingly numerous in late colonial days, and from native iron ore Connecticut forges had produced guns for the Patriot soldiers. Modern mass production had its beginning in the state when Eli Whitney, probably the best known of Connecticut's inventors, established (1798) at New Haven a firearms factory that began making guns with standardized, interchangeable parts. Earlier, in 1793, he had invented and manufactured the cotton gin at New Haven. The manufacture of notions (buttons, pins, needles, metal goods, and clocks) gave rise to the enterprising "Yankee peddler," who, with horse and cart, traveled the nation hawking his wares. Connecticut's insurance industry also developed during this period, and in 1810 the Hartford Fire Insurance Company was established.

Wars and Industrial Expansion

Connecticut, which had placed limitations on slavery in 1784 and abolished it in 1848, supported the Union during the Civil War with nearly 60,000 troops. During and after the war, industry expanded greatly. Immigration provided a cheap labor supply as English, Scottish, and many Irish immigrants, who had arrived in large numbers even before the war, were followed by French Canadians and, in the late 19th and early 20th cent., by Italians, Poles, and others.

During World Wars I and II Connecticut prospered, providing munitions and other supplies for the war effort. Between the two wars, however, the Great Depression left many unemployed. Connecticut's industries continued to grow and develop in the years following World War II. In 1954 the world's first nuclear-powered submarine was launched at Groton, and guns, helicopters, and jet engines were among key manufactures of the cold war period.

During the 1970s, as manufacturing began to decline, Connecticut's heavy industry–dependent major cities fell into a state of decay. The growth of financial, insurance, real estate, and service industries, however, helped make Connecticut one of the wealthiest states in the nation; many of these business moved to the state from New York. This wealth has been enjoyed primarily by the state's affluent suburbs, while the central cities have further crumbled, as evidenced by Bridgeport's bankruptcy filing in 1991. The development of Native-American-owned casinos in SE Connecticut during the 1990s supplanted defense industries as the main economic engine in that region. In 2012 many of the state's coastal communities suffered significant flooding during Hurricane Sandy.

Bibliography

See R. J. Purcell, Connecticut in Transition: 1775–1818 (1963); R. L. Bushman, From Puritan to Yankee (1967); D. M. Roth, ed., Series in Connecticut History (5 vol., 1978); W. J. Haliburton, The People of Connecticut (1985); T. R. Lewis and J. E. Harmon, Connecticut: A Geography (1986); W. Hubbell, Connecticut (1989).

Connecticut State Information

Phone: (860) 622-2200
www.ct.gov


Area (sq mi):: 5543.33 (land 4844.80; water 698.53) Population per square mile: 724.50
Population 2005: 3,510,297 State rank: 0 Population change: 2000-20005 3.10%; 1990-2000 3.60% Population 2000: 3,405,565 (White 77.50%; Black or African American 9.10%; Hispanic or Latino 9.40%; Asian 2.40%; Other 6.80%). Foreign born: 10.90%. Median age: 37.40
Income 2000: per capita $28,766; median household $53,935; Population below poverty level: 7.90% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $41,489-$42,972
Unemployment (2004): 4.90% Unemployment change (from 2000): 2.60% Median travel time to work: 24.40 minutes Working outside county of residence: 24.80%

List of Connecticut counties:

  • Fairfield County
  • Hartford County
  • Litchfield County
  • Middlesex County
  • New Haven County
  • New London County
  • Tolland County
  • Windham County

    • Connecticut Parks

    • US National Parks
      Weir Farm National Historic Site
    • Urban Parks
      Bushnell Park
    • State Parks
      American Legion & Peoples State Forests
      Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
      Bigelow Hollow State Park & Nipmuck State Forest
      Black Rock State Park
      Bluff Point State Park
      Burr Pond State Park
      Campbell Falls State Park Reserve
      Chatfield Hollow State Park
      Cockaponset State Forest
      Collis P. Huntington State Park
      Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park
      Day Pond State Park
      Dennis Hill State Park
      Devil's Hopyard State Park
      Dinosaur State Park
      Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park
      Fort Trumbull State Park
      Gay City State Park
      Gillette Castle State Park
      Haddam Meadows State Park
      Haley Farm State Park
      		Hammonasset Beach State Park
      Harkness Memorial State Park
      Haystack Mountain State Park
      Hopeville Pond State Park
      Housatonic Meadows State Park
      Hurd State Park
      Indian Well State Park
      James L. Goodwin State Forest
      John A. Minetto State Park
      Kent Falls State Park
      Kettletown State Park
      Lake Waramaug State Park
      Macedonia Brook State Park
      Mansfield Hollow State Park
      Mashamoquet Brook State Park
      Millers Pond State Park Reserve
      Mohawk State Forest
      Mount Tom State Park
      Natchaug State Forest
      Nehantic State Forest
      Osbornedale State Park
      		Pachaug State Forest
      Penwood State Park
      Putnam Memorial State Park
      Quaddick State Park
      Rocky Neck State Park
      Salmon River State Forest
      Selden Neck State Park
      Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve
      Shenipsit State Forest
      Sherwood Island State Park
      Silver Sands State Park
      Sleeping Giant State Park
      Southford Falls State Park
      Squantz Pond State Park
      Stratton Brook State Park
      Talcott Mountain State Park
      Topsmead State Forest
      Wadsworth Falls State Park
      West Rock Ridge State Park
      Wharton Brook State Park
    • National Wildlife Refuges
      Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
    • National Scenic Byways
      Connecticut State Route 169
      		Merritt Parkway
    • National Heritage Areas
      Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor

    Connecticut

     

    a state in the northeastern USA, in New England. On the south it borders Long Island Sound. Area, 12,900 sq km. Population, 3 million (1970), of which 77.4 percent is urban. The capital and largest city is Hartford. A great portion of the state is occupied by the sloping northern spurs of the Appalachians (elevations to 587 m); in the central part there is the broad valley of the Connecticut River. The shores of Long Island Sound are uneven, forming many convenient harbors. The climate is temperate and maritime, and the weather is unstable.

    Connecticut is an industrial state. Of its economically active population 40 percent is engaged in industry. Various branches of machine building and metalworking employ about two-thirds of the 475,000 people that work in manufacturing (1969), which uses mainly imported raw materials and fuel. The leading branches are electrical engineering and radio electronics and the production of machine tools, equipment, instruments, aircraft engines, helicopters, submarines (including atomic submarines), bearings, and clocks. Other important industries are chemicals, rubber, printing, textiles, haberdashery, and hats.

    Intensive suburban agriculture employs less than 3 percent of the population; its main branches are dairy livestock and poultry raising, which account for three-fifths of the commodity output of agriculture. In 1970 the state had 122,000 head of cattle, of which 74,000 were milch cows. There are tobacco plantations in the valley of the Connecticut River. Southwestern Connecticut borders on New York City and is virtually part of its suburban zone.

    V. M. GOKHMAN

    Connecticut

     

    a river in northeastern USA. Length, 552 km; basin area, 29,000 sq km. It rises in lakes in the northern part of the Appalachians, flows south through a deep graben valley, forms the “Falls Line,” and empties into Long Island Sound in the Atlantic Ocean. It is fed by snow and rain and is in high water in April and May. The average water flow at the mouth is 606 cu m per sec. The rapids and waterfalls of the Connecticut River are used by hydroelectric power plants. Bypass canals make the river navigable for small oceangoing ships as far as Hartford and for river vessels as far as Holyoke.

    Connecticut

    Fifth state; adopted the U.S. Constitution on January 9, 1788

    State capital: Hartford

    Nickname: The Constitution State

    State motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet (Latin “He Who Trans­planted Still Sustains”)

    State aircraft: Corsair F4U

    State animal: Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

    State bird: American robin (Turdus migratorius)

    State cantata: “The Nutmeg”

    State composer: Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954)

    State fish: American shad

    State flagship: Schooner Amistad

    State flower: Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)

    State folk dance: Square dance

    State fossil: Eubrontes giganteus

    State hero: Nathan Hale (1755-1776)

    State heroine: Prudence Crandall (1803-1890)

    State insect: European (praying) mantis (Mantis religiosa)

    State mineral: Garnet

    State shellfish: Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)

    State ship: USS Nautilus (first nuclear-powered submarine)

    State song: “Yankee Doodle”

    State tartan: Connecticut State Tartan

    State tree: Charter oak or white oak (Quercus alba)

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    AnnivHol-2000, p. 7

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    Connecticut

    1. a state of the northeastern US, in New England. Capital: Hartford. Pop.: 3 483 372 (2003 est.). Area: 12 973 sq. km (5009 sq. miles). 2. a river in the northeastern US, rising in N New Hampshire and flowing south to Long Island Sound. Length: 651 km (407 miles)

    Connecticut


    CONNECTICUT. The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. It was not until the year 1665 that the territory now known as the state of Connecticut was united under one government. The charter was granted by Charles II. in April, 1662, but as it included the whole colony of New Haven, it was not till 1665 that the latter ceased its resistance, when both the colony of Connecticut and that of New Haven agreed, and then they were indissolubly united, and have so remained. This charter, with the exception of a temporary suspension, continued in force till the American revolution, and afterwards continued as a fundamental law of the state till the year 1818, when the present constitution was adopted. 1 Story on the Const. Sec. 86-88.
    2. The constitution was adopted on the fifteenth day of September, 1818. The powers of the government are divided into three distinct departments, and each of them confided to a separate magistracy, to wit: those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive to another; and those which are judicial to a third. Art. 2.
    3. - 1st. The legislative power is vested in two distinct houses or branches, the one styled the senate, and the other the house of representatives, and both together the general assembly. 1. The senate consists of twelve members, chosen annually by the electors. 2. The house of representatives consists of electors residing in towns from which they are elected. The number of representatives is to be the same as at present practised and allowed; towns which may be hereafter incorporated are to be entitled to one representative only.
    4. - 2d. The executive power is vested in a governor and lieutenant-governor. 1. The supreme executive power of the state is vested in a governor, chosen by the electors of the state; he is to hold his office for one year from the first Wednesday of May, next succeeding his election, and until his successor be duly qualified. Art. 4, s. 1. The governor possesses the veto power, art. 4, s. 12. 2. The lieutenant-governor is elected immediately after the election of governor, in the same manner as is provided for the election of governor, who continues in office the same time, and is to possess the same qualifications as the governor. Art. 4, s. 3. The lieutenant-governor, by virtue of his office, is president of the senate; and in case of the death, resignation, refusal to serve, or removal from office of the governor, or of his impeachment or absence from the state, the lieutenant-governor exercises all the powers and authority appertaining to the office of governor, until another be chosen, at the next periodical election for governor, and be duly qualified; or until the governor, impeached or absent, shall be acquitted or return. Art. 4, s. 14.
    5. - 3d. The judicial, power of the state is vested in a supreme court of errors, a superior court, and such inferior courts as the general assembly may, from time to time, ordain and establish; the powers of which courts shall be defined. A sufficient number of justices of the peace, with such jurisdiction, civil and criminal, as the general assembly may prescribe, are to be appointed in each county. Art. 5.

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    Connecticut


    • noun

    Synonyms for Connecticut

    noun a New England state

    Synonyms

    • Constitution State
    • CT
    • Nutmeg State

    Related Words

    • U.S.A.
    • United States
    • United States of America
    • US
    • USA
    • America
    • the States
    • U.S.
    • New England
    • Bridgeport
    • Farmington
    • capital of Connecticut
    • Hartford
    • New Haven
    • New London
    • Waterbury
    • Housatonic
    • Housatonic River
    • Long Island Sound
    • Taconic Mountains

    noun a river in the northeastern United States

    Synonyms

    • Connecticut River

    Related Words

    • U.S.A.
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