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*'''1740:''' By this date all of present-day Connecticut had been settled and organized into incorporated towns, the basic governing units. | *'''1740:''' By this date all of present-day Connecticut had been settled and organized into incorporated towns, the basic governing units. | ||
*'''1760 and before:''' Settlers from Scotland arrive at Chelsea. | *'''1760 and before:''' Settlers from Scotland arrive at Chelsea. | ||
*'''1774:''' Reverand Sampson Occom, a Presbyterian minister organized a migration of Native American out of Connecticut. | *'''1774:''' Reverand Sampson Occom, a Presbyterian minister organized a migration of Native American out of Connecticut. They removed to Oneida Country near Waterville, New York. They became known as the Brothertown Indian Nation. Members from the Mohegan, Pequot, Narragansett, Montauk, Niantic and Tunxis tribes also joined them. In 1830 they sold their land in New York and moved to Wisconsin. | ||
*'''4 July 1776:''' Connecticut became one of original 13 states. | *'''4 July 1776:''' Connecticut became one of original 13 states. | ||
*'''1780-1840:''' nearly 750,000 people migrated to the west | *'''1780-1840:''' nearly 750,000 people migrated to the west from Connecticut. | ||
*'''1786-1800: '''Connecticut relinquished its claims to western lands, except for the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania which Connecticut claimed until 1799, and the Western Reserve in Ohio which it claimed until 1800. Connecticut settlers remained in both areas. | *'''1786-1800: '''Connecticut relinquished its claims to western lands, except for the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania which Connecticut claimed until 1799, and the Western Reserve in Ohio which it claimed until 1800. Connecticut settlers remained in both areas. | ||
*'''1788:''' Connecticut ratified the Constitution to become a state. | *'''1788:''' Connecticut ratified the Constitution to become a state. | ||
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