Connecticut is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Southwestern Connecticut is part of the New York metropolitan area.
Connecticut's first European outposts were several Dutch military posts on its Southwestern coast, and one inland near Hartford, and the Dutch claimed the Connecticut River as the Eastern boundary of New Amsterdam. However, the first real settlement by Europeans was in 1636, when Thomas Hooker led a band of followers overland from the Massachusetts Bay colony to settle in the Hartford, Wethersfield & Windsor townships. Other settlers from Massachusetts founded the New Haven Colony in 1638.
Connecticut was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. Residents of Connecticut are sometimes referred to as Connecticutians, Nutmeggers or Yankees.
Connecticut is well-known as the home of Yale University, which maintains a consistent ranking as one of the world's most renowned universities, and has the most selective undergraduate program of any university in the United States (an 8.6% acceptance rate in 2006). Yale is one of the largest employers in the state, and its research activity has recently spun off dozens of growing biotechnology companies.
Connecticut is also the host of many other academic institutions, including Trinity College, (1825), and Wesleyan University, (1837). The University of Connecticut has been the highest ranked public university in New England for eight years running, according to the U.S. News and World Report. The State's capital university,University of Hartford, (1877), is a private, independent, and nonsectarian coeducational university located in West Hartford, Connecticut. It was chartered through the joining of the Hartford Art School, Hillyer College, and The Hartt School of Music in 1957.
Public and Private liberal arts colleges:
Albertus Magnus College - New Haven
Connecticut College - New London
Eastern Connecticut State University - Willimantic
Central Connecticut State University - New Britain
Southern Connecticut State University - New Haven
Western Connecticut State University - Danbury
Saint Joseph College - West Hartford (woman's college)
Trinity College - Hartford
Wesleyan University - Middletown
Private colleges and universities:
Briarwood College - Southington
University of Bridgeport - Bridgeport
Fairfield University - Fairfield
Hartford Seminary - Hartford
University of Hartford - West Hartford
Holy Apostles College and Seminary - Cromwell
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts - Lyme
Mitchell College - New London
University of New Haven - West Haven
Paier College of Art, Inc. - Hamden
Post University - Waterbury
Quinnipiac University - Hamden
Rensselaer at Hartford - Hartford
Sacred Heart University - Fairfield
Yale University - New Haven
Public colleges and universities:
Baccalaureate
Central Connecticut State University - New Britain
Charter Oak State College - New Britain
University of Connecticut - Storrs (main campus); Avery Point, Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury, West Hartford (regional campuses)
Southern Connecticut State University - New Haven
United States Coast Guard Academy - New London
Western Connecticut State University - Danbury (main campus); Waterbury (secondary campus)
Sports Teams:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers - American Hockey League
Danbury Trashers - United Hockey League
Hartford Wolf Pack - American Hockey League
New England Stars - North Eastern Hockey League
Connecticut Defenders - Minor League Baseball (AA)
New Britain Rock Cats - Minor League Baseball (AA)
Bridgeport Bluefish - Atlantic League
Manchester Silkworms - New England Collegiate Baseball League
New Haven County Cutters - Canadian-American League
Stamford Robins - Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League
Torrington Twisters - New England Collegiate Baseball League
Connecticut Sun - Women's National Basketball Association
Connecticut Roller Girls - Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association
Despite its size, the state has regional variations in its landscape and culture from the wealthy estates of Fairfield County's "Gold Coast" to the rolling mountains and horse-farms of the Litchfield Hills of northwestern Connecticut. Connecticut's rural areas and small towns in the northeast and northwest corners of the state contrast sharply with its industrial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New Haven, then northwards to Hartford, as well as further up the coast near New London. Many towns center around a small park, known as a "green," (such as the New Haven Green), Litchfield Green, Simsbury Green, and New Milford Green(the largest in the state). Near the green may stand a small white church, a town meeting hall, a tavern and several colonial houses. Forests, rivers, lakes, waterfalls and a sandy shore add to the state's beauty.
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