colonial times (history)?

Question

I'm trying to find sources....but it wasn't as easy as i though. i need help. sources would be what im really asking. not really answers. im working on the colony CONNECTICUT. Like... in the years 1780-1785. THese are the main ideas that i need...(it's a project):

european countries did the settlers come? (remember...after revolutionary war)

Did this colony have slaves?

Geography of colony

imports and exports of this colony

were slaves essential to this colony?

if no slaves...why?

was this colony rural, urban or both?

describe role of religion in their life

how did the colony govern itself? who governed? who participated or voted in the government?

what are some unique qualities or characteristics of this colony?

how did these characteristics benefit the colony?

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remember...i just need SOURCES like URLs.. no answers...i need to tell where i got the information. so plz give me urls that answer those questions. as many URLs as needed. thanks.

Answer 1

european countries did the settlers come? (remember...after revolutionary war)

Well technically after the Revolutionary war, Connecticut is a state, not a colony.

http://www.kids.state.ct.us/history.htm
http://www.ctkidslink.org/pub_detail_211.html

Did this colony have slaves?
http://www.slavenorth.com/connecticut.htm

Geography of colony
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ct_geography.htm

imports and exports of this colony
http://www.teachersfirst.com/share/states/states.cfm?state=ct
http://www.city-data.com/states/Connecticut-History.html

were slaves essential to this colony?
http://www.slavenorth.com/connecticut.htm
if no slaves...why?
http://www.slavenorth.com/connecticut.htm

was this colony rural, urban or both?
http://www.slavenorth.com/connecticut.htm

describe role of religion in their life
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1980/cthistory/80.ch.03.x.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Colony

how did the colony govern itself? who governed? who participated or voted in the government? Look at LEADERS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Colony
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/ct03.htm

what are some unique qualities or characteristics of this colony?
The Charter Oak
http://colonialancestors.com/ct/ct23.htm

how did these characteristics benefit the colony?
http://www.usahistory.info/New-England/Connecticut.html

Hopefully if you read the sources, you will know the answers.

Answer 2

Do the "historic Triangle" it is Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown. There are 2 particularly stable customer centers in Yorktown, one run via the national Park provider, and the different run via the Jamestown-Yorktown beginning funded specifically via the state of Virginia. Yorktown is the place Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington in 1781--5 years after america declared her independence--for this reason formally ending usa's progressive conflict with Britain. It has a great style of conflict embankments and redoubts nonetheless status. The state-run museum has extensive outdoors residing camps and actors. that's a quiet little village on the York River, and is asserted to Jamestown and Williamsburg via the Colonial limited-access highway. For greater history, the national Battlefield museum at Petersburg gets rave comments from human beings i understand who've visited. Richmond's museum approximately slavery, and the museum of the confederacy, and state history museum (I overlook the call of that one) are additionally extraordinary if civil conflict history pursuits her. Virginia is stuffed with historic sites, museums, arms-on stories, and excursions.

Answer 3

Chick out Wikopedia: Connecticut history