<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Colony of Connecticut </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1636--1776 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Flag </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> A map of the Connecticut, New Haven, and Saybrook colonies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Status </Th> <Td> Colony of England (1636--1707) Colony of Great Britain (1707--76) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Capital </Th> <Td> Hartford (1636--1776) New Haven (joint capital with Hartford, 1701--76) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Common languages </Th> <Td> English, Mohegan - Pequot, Quiripi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Government </Th> <Td> Constitutional monarchy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Legislature </Th> <Td> General Court of the Colony of Connecticut </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> History </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Established </Th> <Td> 1636 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Independence </Th> <Td> 1776 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Currency </Th> <Td> Connecticut pound </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Saybrook Colony </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> New Haven Colony </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Connecticut </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Today part of </Th> <Td> <P> United States </P> <Ul> <Li> Connecticut </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Colony of Connecticut </Th> </Tr>

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