Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut nickname is the **n****ut****meg sta****te**


 * Geography-cli****mate and state facts**
 * 60% of land is covered with forests
 * the Conneticut river cuts the state in half
 * conneticut is the tird smallest state
 * total area is 5,544 square miles
 * conneticut is humid and relatively mild
 * has a fair amount of rain and snow
 * in the Northeast reagin
 * has 4 seasons
 * 5,544 sq miles [[image:CT_water.jpeg width="182" height="274"]]
 * population is 3,518,288
 * contains suburban and urban areas
 * Natural Resources-Industry and Crop**
 * iron ore
 * gravel
 * sand
 * clock factory
 * silkmill
 * guns
 * wepon factory
 * sumerins
 * airplane engins
 * shell cases
 * space products
 * tabacco
 * dairy
 * nursery plants
 * Government**
 * state Governor is Dave Molloy ( Democrat)
 * capital is Hartford
 * U.S. Senators are Richard Blumehthal (Democrat) and Joseph Lieberman (Democrat)
 * Democrats # 5
 * Republicans # 0
 * State Senators # 36
 * State Representatives # 151
 * Counties # 8
 * History**
 * in 1614 Adriaen Block was the first of the Europeans to discover Connecticut
 * Native Americans were the first ones to settle on the land
 * in 1788 Conneticut was the fifth state
 * in 1839 the slave ship is captured (ship Amistad)
 * in 1878 the first telephone exchange in New Haven
 * in 1955 a flood comes and hits Naugatuck valley
 * Native Americans**

The Pequot,Mohegan,Podunk,and Nipnuck lived in Connecticut. Those tribes fished and grew crops. they lived in Connecticut. The cheifs were known Sachems. tribes lived in wigwam. The tribes clothing was made out of pelts and animal like deer,wolf,and,beaver.
 * state symbols**
 * tree:white oak
 * flower:mountain lourel
 * animal:sperm whale
 * bird:american robin
 * nickname:nutmeg state
 * Culture,Fun Facts**
 * Old State house
 * State Liberty
 * State museum
 * Harford
 * Yale University
 * Nathern Hale homestead
 * pro teams:Connecticut sun (WNBA)
 * Famous people:Topher Grace,Katharine Heburn,Joseph Liberman,and,Meg Ryan
 * Recipes:Yankee pot roast and pound cake
 * other**
 * Yankey doodle is there state song
 * The first can opener was made there
 * Connecticut is known as the land of hobbits
 * people in Connecicut were also called nutmegers
 * Frizbee was born in 1920
 * In 1954 was the first nuclear powered sumarine
 * first artificial hart in 1982by doctor Robert Jarvik