Connecticut

The Constitution State

Connecticut is a thriving center of business with vacation land in the mix too. Forested hills, new urban skylines, beaches, white-steeple colonial churches and historic village greens make up the state of Connecticut. Classic Ivy League schools, modern expressways, great corporate offices and small farms can all be found here. Connecticut is suburban to New York City.

Connecticut industrial genius has given the world such varied inventions as vulcanized rubber, friction matches, sewing machines, steamboats, safety fuses, lollipops, cork screws, mechanical calculators, cylindrical locks and the submarine. Today, the state's manufacturing industry continues to be highly diversified. The production of transportation equipment like jet aircraft engines, helicopters and nuclear submarines have given the state prominence in these manufacturing areas. Connecticut is a leader in highly skilled and technical fields. Among these we can mention metalworking, plastics and electronics.

Connecticut's weather is relatively mild despite the New England reputation for harsh weather. Only about 12 days a year does the temperature go above 90 degrees and only about six days a year does it fall to zero or below, on average.

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Quick Facts

Population: over 3 million
Size: 5,009 square miles (13,023 square kilometers)
Per Capita personal Income: over $54,117 as of 2007
Hartford has been the capital since 1875

Professional Sports Teams

Hockey: Hartford Wolf Pack

Football: New England Seawolves

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That Connecticut was designated the �Constitution State� by the General Assembly in 1959. As early as the 19th Century, John Fiske, a popular historian from Connecticut, made the claim that the Fundamental Orders of 1638/39 were the first written constitution in history. Some contemporary historians dispute Fiske's analysis. However, Simeon E. Baldwin, a former Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, defended Fiske's view of the Fundamental Orders in Osborn's History of Connecticut in Monographic Form by stating that "never had a company of men deliberately met to frame a social compact for immediate use, constituting a new and independent commonwealth, with definite officers, executive and legislative, and prescribed rules and modes of government, until the first planters of Connecticut came together for their great work on January 14th, 1638-9." Connecticut has also been known as the �Nutmeg State�, the �Provisions State�, and the �Land of Steady Habits�.

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