Connecticut
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Was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut.
Establishment
March 1636: Connectitut was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation.
Chronology
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Was as an armed conflict that took place between 1636 and 1638 in New England between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the colonists from the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their allies from the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes.
July 1637: The Fairfield Swamp Fight was the last engagement of the Pequot War and marked the defeat of the Pequot tribe. Their territory was integrated into Connecticut.
Was Royal Charter that united four English settlements together into the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
July 1663: The Royal Charter of 1663 consolidated four settlements into a single entity known as the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Were a series of conflicts mainly fought between the Dutch Republic and England (later Great Britain) from mid-17th to late 18th century.
3.1.Third Anglo-Dutch War
Was a conflict between the Dutch Republic and England, in alliance with France.
September 1673: The Dutch recaptured New Netherland from England with a fleet of 21 ships led by Vice Admiral Cornelius Evertsen and Commodore Jacob Binckes.
March 1674: The Treaty of Westminster concluded the Third Anglo-Dutch War and ceded New Netherland to England.
Was a revolution in England and Scotland that led to the deposition of Catholic King James II.
November 1688: By November 1688 William of Orange, who was Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and his wife Mary, were in control of England and Wales. They would later become King and Queen of Great Britain.
Was the war of independence of the United States of America (at the time the Thirteen Colonies) against Great Britain.
July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence: the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule.
5.1.Boston campaign
Was a military campaign by the United States Continetal Army mainly in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
March 1776: Siege of Boston: British forces evacuate the town.
January 1643: In 1642, the Connecticut survey line was established by John Winthrop Jr. and Uncas, the Mohegan sachem. This boundary line helped define the territory of Connecticut, ensuring clear borders and land ownership.
January 1645: In 1644, the Saybrook Colony, founded by John Winthrop the Younger, merged with the Colony of Connecticut. This consolidation helped to strengthen the English settlements in the region and laid the foundation for the future state of Connecticut.
January 1663: Two other English settlements in the State of Connecticut were merged into the Colony of Connecticut: Saybrook Colony in 1644 and New Haven Colony in 1662.
January 1665: Long Island was claimed by Connecticut until 1664 when it was annexed by the Province of New York under the leadership of English Duke of York, James II.
January 1696: Establishment of the Connecticut survey line 1695.
March 1702: As William III of England was also the de facto ruler of the Dutch Republic (as Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic), the Personal Union between Netherlands and Great Britain ended at his death.
January 1750: Some areas of Massachussets were transferred to Connecticut in 1749 .
January 1775: In 1774, the Southwick Jog, a small strip of land in Massachusetts, was transferred to Connecticut.
Disestablishment
March 1776: Siege of Boston: British forces evacuate the town.
July 1776: United States Declaration of Independence: the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule.
Selected Sources
Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.32
Israel, J. I. (1995): The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, Clarendon Press, pp. 959-960
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