The name "Connecticut" comes from the Mohegan Indian word "Quinnehtukqut"
meaning "Long River Place" or "Beside the Long Tidal River." Connecticut
is the fifth of the original thirteen statesthat revolted against
British rule in the American Revolution..
The first Europeans to settle permanently in Connecticut were English
Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, the
"Fundamental Orders," was adopted on January 14, 1639, while its current
constitution, the third for Connecticut, was adopted in 1965.
Connecticut's official nickname, adopted in 1959, is "The Constitution
State Connecticut part of the New England region, as well as the
southernmost state in New England and the wealthiest state in the
