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Mostly Forested Hills, and seacoast. It was very cold up there, especially during the winters. At least that led to them having less diseases than the other colonies.

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All of the colonists were Puritan. But, there were two different types of Puritan. One type was the Puritans of New Haven, they agreed to live by the "Word of God." The other type was based on the "free consent of the people, to whom belongs the choice of public magistrates (officials), by God's own allowance ."

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It was a charter coloniy which gave it lots of rights campered to all the other colonies. All puritans could vote.

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Life in the city vs. life in the rural area 

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Life in the city vs. life in the rural area 

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Most people lived in the cities, because rural life wasn't really a plausible idea due to the soil. A few of the main cities included: Hartford and New Haven. In the coastal cities people made a living by: fishing, whaling, shipbuilding and shipping. The rest of them made their income by making and selling: timber products, the fur trade, maple syrup, copper, livestock products, horses, rum, whiskey and beer.

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They had the classic Upper, middle, lower class common among many nations. The lower class included: Indentured Servants and some slaves. These people couldn't vote or hold offices. Most of them were also illiterate and very few owned any property. The middle class could vote, but held few political offices. an stores or small businesses, were skilled tradesmen or belonged to professions. The upper class was made of rich minor aristocrats that were educated and usually held very high political offices.

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The state was named after one of their sayings, which translated to:
“river whose water is driven by tides or winds.”
Went to war against them in the The Pequot War in 1637, but they were allied and fought with the Narragansetts and the Mohegans  during the war.

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Where did most of the colonists come from? 

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Where did most of the colonists come from? 

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They were mostly Puritans and ex colonists from Massachusetts

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Their economy is mostly made up of farming (crops and livestock), shipbuilding, fishing, and whale. Some of their main sources of money were manufactured goods like making and exporting rum.

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They were located on the lower part of the New England colonies, and borders New York, the Atlantic Ocea, Masschuetest, and Rhode Island

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Connecticut was founded in 1636 by Thomas  Hooker. Hooker was a Puritan clergyman. He used to live in Boston. Since he never really agreed with the laws of Massachusetts him, his family, and 100 others went to a fertile valley along a river. That fertile valley became Connecticut.