Society of Colonial Wars in Connecticut

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1690</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1662.htm"><em>1662</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1665.htm"><em>1665</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1661else.htm"><em>1661-1670</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1675.htm"><em>1675-1676</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1671else.htm"><em>1671-1680</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1687.htm"><em>1687</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1689.htm"><em>1689</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1681else.htm"><em>1681-1690</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Time Span 1693-1710"><i>1693 - 1710</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1693.htm"><em>1693</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1698.htm"><em>1698</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1691else.htm"><em>1691-1700</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1651writers.htm"><em>1651-1700</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1701.htm"><em>1701</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1702.htm"><em>1702</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1708_saybrook_platform.htm"><em>1708</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1701else.htm"><em>1701-1710</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Time Span 1717-1740"><i>1717 - 1740</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1717.htm"><em>1717</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1711else.htm"><em>1711-1720</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1721else.htm"><em>1721-1730</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1731.htm"><em>1731</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1740_s.htm"><em>1740</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1740_s.htm"><em>1740s</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1731else.htm"><em>1731-1740</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Time Span 1745-1760"><i>1745 - 1760</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1745.htm"><em>1745</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1741else.htm"><em>1741-1750</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1701writers.htm"><em>1701-1750</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1755.htm"><em>1755</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1751else.htm"><em>1751-1760</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Time Span 1745-1760"><i>1763 - 1770</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1731else.htm"><em>1763</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1764.htm"><em>1764</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1765.htm"><em>1765</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1766.htm"><em>1766</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1767.htm"><em>1767</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1769.htm"><em>1769</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1761else.htm"><em>1761-1770</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Time Span 1774-1776"><i>1774 - 1775</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1774.htm"><em>1774</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1775_lex_alarm.htm"><em>1775</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1775-links.htm"><em>1775 - Benedict Arnold</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1771else.htm"><em>1771-1775</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1751writers.htm"><em>1751-1775</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Epilogue"><i>Epilogue</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1776.htm"><em>1776</em></a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#" title="Appendix"><i>Appendix</i></a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/constit_state_links.htm"><em>The Constitution State</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/disputes_links.htm"><em>The Theological Disputes</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/amer_colonies_links.htm"><em>The American Colonies</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1776_dec_independence.htm"><em>The Declaration of Independence</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/indians_links.htm"><em>The Indians of Connecticut</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/colonial_military_links.htm"><em>The Colonial Military</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/colonial_schools.htm"><em>The Colonial Schools</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/flags_seals_ct.htm"><em>The Flags and Seals of Connecticut</em></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/general-society.htm" title="General Society"><b>General Society</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/connecticut-society.htm" title="Connecticut Society"><b>Connecticut Society</b></a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/ancestral_search.htm" title="Ancestral Search"><b>Ancestral Search</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/colonial_towns_links.htm" title="Colonial Towns"><b>Colonial Towns</b></a></li>  <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/shop/" title="Shop"><b> Shop   </b></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/membership.htm" title="Membership"><b> Membership</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/contact_us.php" title="Contact Us"><b>Contact Us</b></a></li> <li>.</li> </ul> </div>   <div class="placeholder"> </div>  <div id="main-content">  <div id="mainmap" style="clear:none;"> <img src="images/map.png" width="540" height="268" alt="Colonial Map"/> </div>   <div id="main-textbox"> <h4>Connecticut History Overview</h4> <p>Connecticut, at the time of the first arrival of the English, was possessed by the Pequot, the Mohegan, the Podunk, and other smaller tribes of Indians. The first grant of Connecticut was made by the Plymouth council in England to the Earl of Warwick in 1630. Attracted by the trade with the Indians, some of the settlers of Plymouth had explored the Connecticut River and fixed upon Windsor for the establishment of a trading house.</p> </div>   <div id="learn-more"> <a href="introduction.htm">Learn More »</a> </div>  </div> </div>   <div id="trifecta"> <h1>Welcome to the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut!</h1>  <div id="box1"> <img src="images/image1.gif" width="299" alt="" /> <h2>View our Town Listings</h2> <p class="trifecta-text"> The authoritative legal definition of a town in England, contemporary with the earliest Connecticut settlements is given in the first edition of Coke's Commentaries upon Littleton, published 1628: "It can not be a town in law, unless it hath, or in past time hath had, a church, and celebration of Divine services, sacraments and burials".</p> <a class="trifecta-link" href="/colonial_towns_links.htm">Click here to view the Colonial Towns »</a> </div> <div id="box2"> <img src="images/image3.gif" alt="" /> <h2>Become a Member</h2> <p class="trifecta-text">The Society of Colonial Wars is instituted to perpetuate the memory of events in American Colonial History, and of the men who, in military and naval service, and in civil positions of trust and responsibility, by their acts or counsels assisted in the establishment, defense, and preservation of the American Colonies, and who were, in truth, the founders of the Nation.</p> <a class="trifecta-link" href="membership.htm">Learn how to become a Member »</a> </div> <div id="box3"> <img src="images/image2.gif" alt="" /> <h2>Dates In Connecticut’s History</h2> <p class="trifecta-text">Connecticut, at the time of the first arrival of the English, was possessed by the Pequot, the Mohegan, the Podunk, and other smaller tribes of Indians. The first grant of Connecticut was made by the Plymouth council in England to the Earl of Warwick in 1630. <br /> Learn More about the Colonial History.</p> <a class="trifecta-link" href="introduction.htm" >Check out the Timeline »</a> </div> </div>   <div id="footer">  <div id="footertop" class="clearfix"> <div id="footercopyright"> <p>Copyright © Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut<br> All Rights Reserved<br> <a href="https://www.colonialwarsct.org/credits.htm">Credits</a></p> </div> </div>   <div> <p class="footertextcenter">DISCLAIMER: Whereas the editors believe the data reprinted herein from internet and print sources to be accurate, readers should rely solely on the bibliographical references for research.</p> </div>  </div>  </body> </html>

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