Talk:Connecticut Colony

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Contents 1 Map of territorial claims 2 Title change? 3 Missing text, under Leaders, para 1 4 Role of Religion, para 3, writing unclear

[edit] Map of territorial claims

The following off-site maps show the various claims of the original Thirteen Colonies: [1], [2], [3], and [4]. If this information could be included in a map of this province's claims, it would be great. (This request was originally made by jengod, and I moved it here.) – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 16:05, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

map request filled, I am working on a second one to add as well that shows the western claims. Kmusser 17:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Nice map! Minor thought: it would be interesting to have the New Haven colony's Long Island claims, pre-1664, shown. According to D.W. Meinig, the New Haven colony included northeastern Long Island, centered on the town of Southold. Long Island had been partitioned between New Netherland and Connecticut, by treaty (not sure what treaty). But when New York colony was established in 1664, Long Island was wholly given to it. Meinig says about the Long Island Connecticut people, "Its several Puritan settlements were thereby legally severed from their mainland kin but they long ignored or resisted efforts of New York to impose effective administration" ..anyway, just a minor footnote-like thing. I merely thought of it because when I saw there was a map of Connecticut Colony, that was the first thing I looked for, since it is an odd and forgotten bit of history. In any case, nice map and great as is! Pfly 21:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I did include the Connecticut and New Haven settlements on Long Island - they didn't really have borders as such to show, so I just marked the town locations - they both claimed the entire island. Kmusser 22:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Title change?

The Colony of Connecticut sounds a lot better than just Connecticut Colony- in so many records it is listed as "The Colony of Connecticut" as it appears on the original charter. Connecticut Colony just sounds strange to me.

Monsieurdl 17:29, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I think you have a point, and as nobody has made an objection in the month since you posted this I should think you'd be okay to use the "move" function to change the title. Cheers! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 15:52, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

== EVIL == —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.118.198.91 (talk) 13:27, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing text, under Leaders, para 1

"...on the principles of government on May 31, 1638. also Hartford men, sat in the governor's chair..." Looks as though a line or two was inadvertently deleted. 24.211.220.127 (talk) 03:21, 23 May 2008 (UTC)simonlefranc@hotmail.com

[edit] Role of Religion, para 3, writing unclear

"Many historians believe that this law was the spark that led to the creation of issue politics in the colony..." Not clear what you mean here. What are "issue politics" and how do they differ from plain old politics? How does a law "create" any type of politics, here or anyplace else? 24.211.220.127 (talk) 03:29, 23 May 2008 (UTC)simonlefranc@hotmail.com