Hartford, Connecticut

the beginning, and it wouldn’t last very long. In addition, Fifteen years later, Hartford, Connecticut was founded, and not soon after the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was formed (Doc 2). Unlike the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders was more democratic than theocratic. In fact, it is one of the first constitutions that was democratic. However, it was made to create a simple government for Connecticut settlers, similarly to how the Mayflower was made for the Plymouth settlers. Also,…

European settlers came from a variety of social and religious groups. Englishmen fled to the New World from a society they found displeasing in many ways with economic and political values being at the forefront. As well as religious turmoil. Adventurers, soldiers, farmers, and tradesmen arrived at the New World. By the time that European settlers arrived around 1600-1650, a significant percentage of the Native Americans living in the eastern United States had been ravaged by new diseases…

something that made Georgia very successful. They had a centralized political government that would help them succeed for the next 20 years. Connecticut was also a very successful colony because of its political structure. Colonial Connecticut was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker and many other colonists. They set foot in what is now still,…

the American education system needed to be modernized. Despite Noah Webster’s poor education, he had the courage, the fidelity, and the dedication to update the American language. Noah webster was born on October 16, 1758, in the capital of Connecticut, Hartford. Noah grew up in an everyday, average colonial family, however, Noah was able to go to college at Yale in 1774,…

William Williams was born on April 23, 1731 in Lebanon, Connecticut. He was a Selectman for twenty-five years, served the provincial and later state Legislature for nearly forty years-during which time he was councilor, member, and Speaker of the House. He was appointed by the Connecticut Assembly to become a delegate for the Second Continental Congress after Oliver Wolcott fell ill. Even though he didn’t make it in time to Philadelphia to take part in the debates and cast a vote for the…

Central venous access devises (CVADs) are very important in healthcare practice. There are many issues related to patient’s safety concerning the use of CVADs in a hospital setting. Catheter occlusion is a substantial impediment to delivery of care. It occurs at a rate ranging between 3% and 79% and is responsible for many negative outcomes such as drug extravasation, loss of patency, device replacement, device removal and hospital visits. These negative outcomes may delay treatment process,…

that year the most infamous event was — the Salem Witch Trials. This was not the first witch trial to take place in the colonies, in fact, 45 years earlier, or 1647 the first witch hysteria occurred in the colonies in Hartford, Connecticut, ending in four people executed. Connecticut then held another trial of witches in 1692 with no casualties, and another in 1697 with 46 prosecutions and at least 11 executions. The witch trials…

universal want. At the Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) the educators have worked to gain expertise in a competitive industry to find work at an institution their will welcome novel insights and is willing to act on them. I argue that CHS’s willingness to take risks on behalf of their employees’ innovation creates a leadership culture that could be successfully translated into schools struggling to negotiate the transition into twenty first century teacher leadership. As the Connecticut…

separate themselves from the U.S and make peace with Great Britain. Delegates were sent to Hartford, Connecticut to make a decision about what they should do. While they were there at the Hartford Convention, Andrew Jackson had defeated the British in New Orleans. The Federalist lost the faith and assurance of the Americans because while the Americans were fighting for victory in New Orleans, they were in Hartford trying to discuss how to break away from the U.S. The Federalist would eventually…

My father used to quote his favorite line from Shakespeare, “This above all to thine own self be true.” It’s hard to keep up with the new technologies in sound recordings, it makes you wonder where it will all end. Charlie, Pete and Tony, moved to Boston and bought a condo near the art museum for $125.000 In July 1997, Braxton moved to Dallas, Texas. So many institutions of small-town America—the local drugstore, the corner theater, the locally owned bookstore – have gone the way of the cowboy…