Connecticut History Internet Hunt
Early Connecticut History
The name
Connecticut comes from a Native American word "Quinatucquet.”
What does it mean?
(http://www.kids.state.ct.us/history.htm
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What did
Adriaen Block call the Connecticut River?
(
http://www.coldspringschool.com/history/early.html )
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In 1636 the Reverend Thomas Hooker traveled from Massachusetts with a
group of colonists. What town did he establish?
( http://www.kids.state.ct.us/history.htm )
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Why is the Charter Oak the official state tree?
(http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246528)
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Who said: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
(http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246500)
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Who were the
Connecticut delegates to the First Continental Congress
(in Philadelphia, 1774)?
(http://www.colonialwarsct.org/1774.htm )
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At the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston, what military leader from Connecticut said, "Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes"?
(http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0840587.html )
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On September 6, 1781, British forces landed at New London
and destroyed an important supply center. Who led the British in “The Burning of
New London?”
(http://www.revwar.com/ftgriswold
)
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What two delegates from Connecticut signed the U.S. Constitution?
(http://www.colonialhall.com/biousc.asp )
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What is the "Connecticut Compromise?"
(http://infoplease.com/ipd/A0384592.html )
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Who is the official state heroine of Connecticut, and why?
(http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246502)
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Why is Connecticut called “the Constitution State?”
(http://www.charteroaktree.com/charteroaktour.html )
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What school was founded in 1817 by Thomas Hopkins
Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc?
(http://www.asd-1817.org/history/history-asd.html
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What book did it take Noah Webster over 27 years to write?
(http://noahwebsterhouse.org/biography.html)
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What connection to the Amistad mutiny does Connecticut have?
(http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues97/dec97/amistad.html )
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What famous author moved to Hartford, CT in 1874? What was his real name?
( http://www.marktwainhouse.org/theman/timeline.shtml )
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In July of 1951 Congress authorized
construction of the world's first nuclear powered submarine. What is its name
and where is it now located?
( http://www.ussnautilus.org/ )
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This man
served as Mayor of Bridgeport and in the Connecticut General Assembly. Who is
he, and what is he most famous for?
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_T._Barnum )
Updated April 1, 2005 by Rita Hennessey, Media Specialist.
