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The Pequot War
Colonial Connecticut
100
He hid the Connecticut Charter from the royal governor of New England?
Who is Joseph Wadsworth
100
Some 5,000 Connecticut men marched off to fight in New York and Canada in this war from 1756-1763
What is the French and Indian War
100
a set of laws organizing a governement
What is a constitution?
100
killed thousands of Native Americans living in Connecticut
What is disease?
100
In the 1700's, every member of the family had to work on the family's________________
What is a farm?
200
A school teacher captured and sentenced to hang by the British for spying in New York?
Who was Nathan Hale?
200
what act taxed paper items including newspapers, legal documents, advertisements, and even playing cards
What is The Stamp Act?
200
a member of a group who would fight at a minute's notice
What is a minuteman?
200
In a night attack, the fort at Mystic was surrounded and set on...
What is fire?
200
The typical colonial _____________ consisted of a single road with a few homes and shops on each side. Some had a tavern or an inn.
What is a town?
300
Betrayed the American cause in 1780 by planning to surrender West Point?
Who is Benedict Arnold?
300
In 1650, a law insisted that towns of 50 or more
What is a teacher?
300
a state of being held against one's will
What is bondage?
300
chief of the Mohegan warriors
Who is Chief Uncas?
300
A 1650 law insisted that towns of 50 or more families hire a _________________________
What is a teacher?
400
general of the Continental Army in 1775?
Who was Israel Putnam
400
In 1620 the Puritans left here to establish the Connecticut Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony
What is England?
400
a family of similar languages and the groups of Native peoples who speak them
What is Algonquian?
400
Many of the Pequot survivors of the fire at the fort at Mystic became___________________.
What is slaves?
400
Congregational churches were built in colonial Connecticut. These churches are easy to find today because of their high towers or ________________
What are steeples?
500
Led his "Green Mountain Boys" to capture Fort Ticondergoa in New York?
Who is Ethan Allen?
500
the first issue of this newspaper was published in 1764
What is The Hartford Courant?
500
the act of providing, or a supply of needed materials
What is a provision?
500
In 1637the Pequots fought another battle against the colonists at this swamp
What is Fairfield?
500
This college was founded in 1701 and was moved to New Haven in 1717. It is the third-oldest college in the United States.
What is Yale?
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