Connecticut - School-Age
Connecticut
5th State (January 9, 1788), new england U.S.
State Abbreviation: CT
Capital: Hartford
Origin of name: From the Native American word "quinnehtukqut," meaning "beside the long tidal river."
Motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet (He Who Transplanted Still Sustains)
Nickname: Constitution State
Size: Approximately 5,543 square miles
Connecticut State Symbols
Connecticut State Symbols
Information Sheet and Color Pages (pdf)
Connecticut State Bird and State Flower Printable
Connecticut: State Seal
Animal: Sperm Whale
Bird: American Robin
Dance: Square Dance
Fish: American Shad
Flower: Mountain Laurel
Fossil: Eubrontes Giganteus
Mineral: Garnet
Shellfish: Eastern Oyster
Ship: 2 - USS Nautilus
Song: Yankee Doodle
Tree: Charter Oak
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Things to Know
United States Senators from Connecticut
In Connecticut lived the Algonquian-speaking Indians. English Puritans arrived in 1620 and formed the Massachusetts Bay colony .
Major Rivers: The Connecticut River (cuts through the center of the state), Housatonic River, Thames River
Famous Connecticuters
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), American Revolutionary general/p>
Nathan Hale (1755-1776), Revolutionary War soldier and spy.
Noah Webster (1758-1843, creater of Webster's Dictionary.
Prudence Crandall (1803-1890), educator.
P.T. Barnum (1810-1891), showperson and co-founder of Barnum and Bailey's Circus.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), author of many novels, including the anti-slavery Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Charles Ives (1874-1954), music composer.
Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979), author of The Boxcar Children books.)
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), scientist and Nobel Prize winner.
Tomie dePaola (1934- ), children’s author and illlustrator.
Dorothy Hamill (1956- ), Olympic gold medalist
Things to Do
Connecticut Flag Map color page
Sites to See
ConnecTkids - Connecticut Project Helper (pdf)
Connecticut symbols, history, information, and more.
