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**Connecticut Colony**
	former colony in North America, part of Great Britain
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Instance of	crown colony;
Part of	New England Colonies;
Location	Thirteen Colonies, Great Britain
Capital	Hartford;
Legislative body	Connecticut General Assembly;
Official language	English;
Inception	1636;
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	1776;
Replaces	Saybrook Colony; New Haven Colony;
Replaced by	Connecticut;
	Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox with maps41° 43′ 04.8″ N, 72° 45′ 05.4″ W
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English: The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony located in British America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen. After early struggles with the Dutch, the English gained control of the colony permanently by the late 1630s. The colony was later the scene of a bloody war between the English and Indians, known as the Pequot War. It played a significant role in the establishment of self-government in the New World with its legendary refusal to surrender local authority to the Dominion of New England, an event known as the Charter Oak incident.