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Connecticut
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Fairfield County:
Southwest Connecticut, near New York City.
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Litchfield Hills :
Northwest Connecticut
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Greater New Haven:
South central Connecticut
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Connecticut River Valley :
from North central Connecticut to the.
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Mystic-Eastern:
New London, Tolland and Windham Counties in eastern.
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Danbury
Hartford - The state capital.
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Greenwich
Middletown
Mystic.
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New
Haven:-
The state's "creative capital" and home to the greatest
amount of pedestrian life, top-rated restaurants and tourist attractions
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New London:-
Norwalk - home to trendy SoNo
with an active night life and The Maritime Aquarium Stamford.
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Traveling:
Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey; it is the
process or time involved in a person or object moving from one location
to another. The people are travel for their personal motive. They
want to visit their friends and the family members. Or they want
to relax, or for the business they are travel one place to the other
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Connecticut is a state
located in the New England region of the northeastern United States
of America. Portions of southwestern Connecticut are also considered
part of the New York metropolitan area. |
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| Connecticut
is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west
by New York State, on the north by Massachusetts, and on
the east by Rhode Island. The state capital is Hartford,
and the other major cities include New Haven, New London,
New Britain, Norwich, Milford, Norwalk, Stamford, Waterbury,
Danbury and Bridgeport. There are 169 incorporated towns
in Connecticut. |
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name "Connecticut" originates from the Mohegan word quinnitukqut,
meaning "place of long tidal river." In fact, the exact
spelling "connect I cut", was rendered by Whalley, Goffe,
and Dixwell, the three "Regicide Judges" who came to New
Haven in the 17th century, fleeing persecution by Charles II of
England.
John Winthrop, then of Massachusetts, got permission to create a
new colony at Old Saybrook at the mouth of the Connecticut River
in 1635. This was the first of three distinct colonies that later
would be combined to make up Connecticut. Saybrook Colony was a
direct challenge to Dutch claims. The colony was not more than a
small outpost and never matured. In 1644, the Saybrook Colony merged
itself into the Connecticut Colony.
In the 1637-38 bloody Pequot War the European settlers and allies
officially destroyed the Pequot Indians.
The third colony was founded in March of 1638. New Haven Colony,
(originally known as the Quinnipiack Colony), was established by
John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton and others at New Haven. The New
Haven Colony had its own Constitution, 'The Fundamental Agreement
of the New Haven Colony' which was signed on 4 June 1639.
The western boundaries of Connecticut have been subject to change
over time. According to The Hartford Treaty with the Dutch, signed
on 1650-09-19, but never ratified by the British, the western boundary
of Connecticut ran north from Greenwich Bay for a distance of 20
Miles"provided the said line come not within 10 miles (16 km)
[16 km] of Hudson River. This agreement was observed by both sides
until war erupted between England and The Netherlands in 1652. No
other limits were specified. Conflict over uncertain colonial limits
continued until the Duke of York captured New Netherland in 1664.
"... On the other hand, Connecticut's original Charter in 1662
granted it all the land to the "South Sea," i.e. the Pacific
Ocean. Most colonial royal grants were for long east-west strips.
Connecticut took its grant seriously, and established a ninth county
between the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers, named Westmoreland
County. This resulted in the brief Pennamite Wars with Pennsylvania.
Connecticut's lands also extended across northern Ohio, called the
Western Reserve lands. The Western Reserve section was settled largely
by people from Connecticut, and they brought Connecticut place names
to Ohio. Agreements with Pennsylvania and New York extinguished
the land claims by Connecticut within its neighbors, and the Western
Reserve lands were relinquished to the federal government, which
brought the state to its present boundaries.
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| Roads:
Between New Haven and the New York City, I-95 is one of
the most congested highways in the United States. Many people
now drive longer distances to work in the New York City
area. This strains the three lanes of traffic capacity,
resulting in lengthy rush hour delays. Frequently, the congestion
spills over to clog the parallel Merritt Parkway. The state
has encouraged traffic reduction schemes, including rail
use and ride-sharing. |
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Rail:
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Since many
Connecticut residents commute to New York City, there is
an extensive commuter railway network connecting New York
City to New Haven on Metro North Railroad (a commuter railroad
based in New York and operated by the Metropolitan Transit
Authority) with spurs servicing Waterbury, Danbury, and
New Canaan. Rail service does not end with New Haven, however.
Connecticut is in the heart of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
and the Amtrak Regional line makes stops in New Haven-State
Street, Old Saybrook, New London, and Mystic. Smaller town
stops between New Haven and New London are served by Shore
Line East, which takes commuters to those stations to catch
a main train. These commuter services are heavily utilized
during weekday rush hours. Regional rail service is provided
by Amtrak, which makes regular stops in Stamford, Bridgeport,
New Haven, and Hartford, as well as in Wallingford, Meriden,
Berlin, Windsor, and Windsor Locks. Operation of commuter
trains from New Haven to Springfield on Amtrak's New Haven-Springfield
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Bus:
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bus service is supplied by Connecticut Transit, owned by the
Connecticut Department of Transportation, with smaller municipal
authorities providing local service. Bus networks are an important
part of the transportation system in Connecticut, especially
in urban areas like Hartford, Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport
and New Haven. A three-year construction project to build
a busway from New Britain to Hartford will begin in August
2009. |
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| Air:
Bradley International Airport, which became truly 'International'
in the summer of 2007 beginning service to Europe, is located in
Windsor Locks, 15 miles (24 km) north of Hartford. Regional air
service is provided at Tweed-New Haven Airport. Larger civil airports
include Danbury Municipal Airport and Waterbury-Oxford Airport in
western Connecticut. The Westchester County Airport in Harrison,
New York serves part of southwestern Connecticut. |
Truism:
Connecticut is a small New England state, full of charm, rural beauty
and several major cities. The State's top tourist attractions include
Yale University, which maintains numerous world-class museums, Mystic
Seaport, the restaurant and nightlife scene in downtown New Haven,
The Maritime Aquarium, and two major Native American casinos. |
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