New Haven Colony
English colony in North America between 1637 and 1664 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The New Haven Colony was a small English colony in Connecticut Colony from 1638 to 1664, with outposts in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.[1]
New Haven Colony | |||||||||||||
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 Map of the Connecticut, New Haven, and Saybrook colonies | |||||||||||||
| Status | English colony | ||||||||||||
| Capital | New Haven | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | English | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Puritanism | ||||||||||||
| Government | Self-governing colony | ||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1639-1658 | Theophilus Eaton (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1661-1664 | William Leete (last) | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | General Court | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1638 | ||||||||||||
• Merged with Connecticut Colony | 1664 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||||||
The history of the colony was a series of disappointments and failures. The most serious problem was that New Haven colony never had a charter giving it legal title to exist. The larger, stronger colony of Connecticut to the north did have a charter. New Haven's leaders were businessmen and traders, but they were never able to build up a large or profitable trade because their agricultural base was poor, farming the rocky soil was difficult, and the location was isolated.
Oliver Cromwell recommended that the New Haven colonists all migrate to Ireland or to Spanish territories that he planned to conquer, but the Puritans of New Haven were committed to their new land. The towns in New Haven Colony joined Connecticut Colony in 1664.[2] It then became the city of New Haven, from which other modern towns in the New Haven region were later split off.