The three Connecticut River towns—Windsor, Wethersfield, and…
1637 CE
The three Connecticut River towns—Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford—set up a collective government in 1637 in order to fight the Pequot War.
These settlers seek to establish a new ecclesiastical society subject to their own rules and regulations.
According to historian Henry S. Cohn: "They resented the power of the Magistrates who were not elected by the people. But they also wanted to expand their land holdings...”
Groups
Niantic people (Amerind tribe)
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Narragansett people (Amerind tribe)
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Pequots (Amerind tribe)
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Mohegan people (Amerind tribe)
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Puritans
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England, (Stuart) Kingdom of
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Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for its founding institution)
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Plymouth Colony (English Colony)
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Saybrook Colony (English)
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(Connecticut) River Colony (English)
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