Connecticut

Founded: 1636 by Thomas Hooker and others, at Hartford

Major Industry: Agriculture (wheat, corn, fishing)

Major Cities: Hartford, New Haven

Colony Named for: from an Algonquin word, quinnehtukqut, "beside the long tidal river"

Became a State: February 6, 1788

To learn more about Connecticut's role in the Revolutionary War, visit the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution.