Invasion from All Directions—Stolen Lands, Stolen Peoples 1600-1699

1636

Connecticut Colony established

Connecticut Colony: Coat of Arms of Connecticut. Image: U.S. History Images
Connecticut Colony: Coat of Arms of Connecticut. Image: U.S. History Images

Governor John Haynes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony leads 100 people to Hartford in 1636. He and Puritan minister Thomas Hooker are primary founders of the Connecticut Colony.

Settler Colonial Policy