1. By: Elizabeth Harris & Meagan Potrzeba Feb. 19, 2010

2. *First Settlement 1636 *Founded By: Tomas Hooker *Date Founded: January 9,1788 *The reason for colonization Is they follow Mass. & built by the same class *They did farm work and worked for laws

3. *A interesting fact is they worked on the constitution. *The history of region colonization was for freedom for religious beliefs

4. *State capital is Hartford *Nickname of state is Nutmeg State *It became a state, January 9,1788 *An important event was in 1632 same ship which bore the noted divine *The population is 3,405,565 *The weather in January 27 degrees *The father of are CT. Tomas Hooker

5. *Interesting facts about the state is that the song is Yankee Doodle and the bird is American Robin and the flower is the mountain laurel.

6. *Title: www.factmonster.comwww.factmonster.com *URL: htt:/www.factmonster.com/connecticut *Date: February 2, 2010

7. * www.50states.comwww.50states.com *URL: www.50states.com/connecticut.htm www.50states.com/connecticut.htm * 2/5/10