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Contents
- 1 Parent topics
- 2 Subtopics
- 3 Other related topics
- 4 Bot-suggested topics
Parent topics
- Colonial America [r]: The eastern United States and parts of Canada from the time of European settlement to the time of the American Revolution. [e]
- United States of America [r]: Constitutional republic in North America, has major land borders with Mexico and Canada. [e]
- New England [r]: Region of the northeastern USA consisting of the 6 states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. [e]
Subtopics
Principal cities
- Bridgeport [r]: Add brief definition or description
- New Haven [r]: Add brief definition or description
- New London [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hartford [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Waterbury [r]: Add brief definition or description
Politics and government
State governemnt
U.S. Senate
- Christopher Dodd [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Connecticut}; chair, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [e]
- Joseph Lieberman [r]: Independent U.S. Senator from Connecticut, who caucuses with the Senate Democrats; Chair, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Senate Armed Services Committee; honorary co-chairman, Committee on the Present Danger; leadership council, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Moderate Dems Working Group [e]
U.S. House of Representatives
- Joe Courtney [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Connecticut); Armed Services Committee; Education and Labor Committee; New Democrat Coalition [e]
- Rosa DeLauro [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Connecticut); participant, 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; 2002 vote against Iraq War; Congressional Progressive Caucus; Congressional Internet Caucus [e]
- John Larson [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Connecticut); 2002 vote against Iraq War and member of Out of Iraq Caucus; New Democrat Coalition; Congressional Shellfish Caucus; Congressional Native American Caucus; Congressional Internet Caucus [e]
- Christopher Murphy [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Connecticut), U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; 0% American Conservative Union rating [e]
- Jim Himes [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Connecticut); House Financial Services Committee; New Democrat Coalition [e]
Social, cultural, and educational
Education
- U.S. Coast Guard Academy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wesleyan University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Yale University [r]: Highly respected U.S. research and teaching university in New Haven, Connecticut [e]
Industry and agriculture
- Principal crops and farming-related articles, industrial products, etc
Geographical and geological features
Noteworthy places
- Examples: Hoover Dam
People
- Either native born or important in some way to the state
Federal
- Institutions and installations such as military (West Point), research facilities (Los Alamos), National Paks, Wilderness areas
Connecticut state history
Associated U.S. states
- New England states
- Maine [r]: A State in New England, in the north-east USA. [e]
- New Hampshire [r]: American state in New England on the Canadian border. It also borders Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and the Atlantic Ocean. [e]
- Vermont [r]: 14th state of the USA [e]
- Massachusetts [r]: A State in the New England region of the north-east USA. [e]
- Rhode Island [r]: Smallest state in the United States, located in the New England region. [e]
Native American
- Tribes, reservations, etc
Bot-suggested topics
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- Ann Coulter [r]: Confrontational American conservative author and media personality represented by Creators Syndicate; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union; columnist, WorldNetDaily [e]
- Atlantic Ocean [r]: Second largest ocean in the world; separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. [e]
- Christopher Dodd [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Connecticut}; chair, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations [e]
- Clarence Earl Gideon [r]: The petitioner/defendant in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, decided in 1963, establishing the right to counsel protected by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. [e]
- Colonial America [r]: The eastern United States and parts of Canada from the time of European settlement to the time of the American Revolution. [e]
- Committee on the Present Danger [r]: An interest group that has been formed periodically to draw attention to a threat to the United States [e]
- Declaration of Independence [r]: Document formally declaring the independence of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain, July 4, 1776. [e]
- Edward R. Dewey [r]: An economist and Chief Economic Analyst of the Department of Commerce in the early '30s who studied cycles in economics and other fields in an attempt to learn the reasons behind the Great Depression. [e]
- Eugenics [r]: The general name for a series of ostensibly scientific claims about inheritance among humans, which sought to eliminate traits, such as "imbecility" or criminal behavior, by selective sterilization, regulation of family size, and restrictions on who could marry whom. [e]
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies [r]: An American think tank focusing on threats from terrorism and militant Islamists, from which Democratic advisers resigned and many of the leadership are identified as Republican or conservative [e]
- Hiram Bingham [r]: One of the first missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands. [e]
- History of education in the United States [r]: The origin, development, nature, and functions of learning and learning institutions in the United States, including during colonial times. [e]
- John Dickinson [r]: (November 8, 1732 – February 14, 1808) American lawyer and politician who was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a representative to the Continental Congress, and a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. [e]
- Josiah S. Johnston [r]: 1784-1833 Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; [e]
- Leser v. Garnett [r]: A case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution had been constitutionally established. [e]
- Library Research Service [r]: The Library Research Service generates library statistics and research for library and education professionals, public officials, and the media. [e]
- Maple syrup [r]: Add brief definition or description
- North American Great Lakes [r]: There are five large connected Lakes in Eastern North America. [e]
- Oliver Cromwell [r]: (1599-1658) English soldier, statesman, and leader of the Puritan revolution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides". [e]
- Thirteen Colonies [r]: The historical region ranging from the present-day Canadian province of Quebec to the present-day state of Georgia which comprised the thirteen British colonies in North America. [e]
- U.S. Constitution [r]: Document that states the fundamental constitutional law of the United States of America. [e]
- U.S. Demographic History [r]: Historic trends in population growth, geographical distribution by states and urban-rural, internal migration, and components of change (births, deaths, immigration), as well as race and ethnicity, and population policy as they relate to the United States. [e]
