Connecticut History: Difference between revisions

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*'''1820:''' The Congregationalists are the most numerous religious sect in the State, Episcopalians next, then the Baptists.  
*'''1820:''' The Congregationalists are the most numerous religious sect in the State, Episcopalians next, then the Baptists.  
*'''1840s:''' As the factory system developed, thousands of foreign laborers began moving into Connecticut.  
*'''1840s:''' As the factory system developed, thousands of foreign laborers began moving into Connecticut.  
*'''1861-1865:''' Connecticut furnished 60,000 troops to the Union Army during the Civil War.  
*'''1861-1865:''' Connecticut furnished 60,000 troops to the Union Army during the Civil War.
*'''1955''': Connecticut disbanded counties


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