Connecticut-Quadricentennial Plaza-Jamestown Settlement - Jamestown VA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 13.573 W 076° 46.966
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Dutch residents from New Amsterdam established a trading post near present-day Hartford in 1633, but it was the English from the Massachusetts Bay Colony who made the initial move to colonize the area.
Waymark Code: WM13D66
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2020
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Connecticut-Quadricentennial Plaza— Jamestown Settlement —
One of the original colonies-Capital-Hartford
Dutch residents from New Amsterdam established a trading post near present-day Hartford in 1633, but it was the English from the Massachusetts Bay Colony who made the initial move to colonize the area. In 1639 the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adapted, a document that gave more governmental power to the people. King Charles II granted a charter to Connecticut in 1662.
1614-Explored by Adriaen Block for the Dutch
1634-5-Permanently settled by the English
1788-Admitted to the Union as the 5th state.
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