The Connecticut area, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony, was an English settlement in New England which later became the American state of Connecticut. It was organized in 1636, as a refuge for a Puritan congregation of settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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LibriVox: Great Epochs in American History, Volume II by Francis Whiting Halsey, The founding of Connecticut (1633-1636) by Alexander Johnston, read by Kyle Donelan.