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Connecticut Colony
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- Item #: 566
Provides an introduction to the history, government, economy, resources, and people of the Connecticut Colony. Includes maps, charts, and a timeline. This educational book is part of the "Fact Finders, The American Colonies" series highlighting the origins of America's first thirteen colonies. The books excel in their easy-to-read presentation, full-color photographs and illustrations, glossary, and bibliography. Readers learn about the area's American Indians, including the Pequot, Podunk, and Mohegan. Readers also learn of the struggles of the colony's early Puritan settlers, their work, life, and religious habits, and how Connecticut became a state. Included in the six chapters are interesting Fast Facts, such as Connecticut's nickname as the The Constitution State. Young readers also learn that Connecticut workers excelled in manufacturing -- even being the first to craft brass buttons in the colonies. Also covered are the French and Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence, and Connecticut's law that made slavery illegal. Ages 9-12, 32 pages.
