Connecticut History

What is the most accurate account of Connecticut’s colonial development?

• Connecticut had no role in the American Revolution
• The Provisions State nickname refers to oil production
• Connecticut’s manufacturing history began after World War II
• Connecticut’s colonial development involved both Dutch trading activity and later English settlement

What is historically accurate about the Pequot War?

• Connecticut had no role in the American Revolution
• The Pequot War was part of the violent colonial expansion of the 1630s
• The Fundamental Orders were written after the Civil War
• Connecticut became the fiftieth state in 1959

What is historically accurate about Connecticut’s Revolutionary-era role?

• European settlement in Connecticut began only in the twentieth century
• Connecticut’s manufacturing history began after World War II
• The Provisions State nickname refers to oil production
• Connecticut’s Revolutionary-era economy helped supply the Continental cause

Which description of Connecticut’s nickname is historically accurate?

• European settlement in Connecticut began only in the twentieth century
• The Fundamental Orders were written after the Civil War
• Connecticut had no role in the American Revolution
• The Constitution State nickname connects modern state identity to colonial political history

What should students remember about Connecticut’s aerospace and defense sector?

• Connecticut had no role in the American Revolution
• The Fundamental Orders were written after the Civil War
• Connecticut’s manufacturing history began after World War II
• Connecticut’s manufacturing legacy helped support later aerospace and defense industries