<Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Colony of Connecticut </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Colony of England (1636--1707) Colony of Great Britain (1707--76) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1636--1776 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Flag </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> A map of the Connecticut, New Haven, and Saybrook colonies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Capital </Td> <Td> Hartford (1636--1776) New Haven (joint capital with Hartford, 1701--76) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Languages </Td> <Td> English, Mohegan - Pequot, Quiripi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Government </Td> <Td> Constitutional monarchy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Legislature </Td> <Td> General Court of the Colony of Connecticut </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> History </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Established </Td> <Td> 1636 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Independence </Td> <Td> 1776 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Currency </Td> <Td> Pound sterling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <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> <Td_colspan="2"> Today part of </Td> <Td> United States <Ul> <Li> Connecticut </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Colony of Connecticut </Td> </Tr>

What was connecticut known for as a colony