The Connecticut Colony, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony, was an English colony in New England which became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement
Thomas Hooker and his people traveling
John Winthrop the Younger
Miantonomoh, also spelled Miantonomo, Miantonomah or Miantonomi, was a chief of the Narragansett people of New England Native Americans.
An 1874 illustration of Uncas killing Miantonomoh in 1643
Miantonomo's Monument located in Sachem's Park in Norwich, Connecticut
Plaque marking Miantonomo's Monument