Sample Entries for the Dictionary Section & Criteria for Inclusion People: The most important people who influenced the history or culture of the state, including: • Presidents, Vice Presidents, Governors • Historic figures • Prominent people • Pioneers in their field • Prestigious award recipients ________________________________________________________________________________________ ALLEN, ETHAN (1737-1789) — Revolutionary soldier, author, and though identified with the history of Vermont, was born January 10, 1737, in Litchfield, Connecticut. His father Joseph, great-grandson of Samuel Allen, who died in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1648, married Mary Baker, aunt of Remember Baker of Vermont fame. Ethan was their oldest son. Very little is known of his youth. He is said to have been preparing for college when his father died in 1755. He served in the French and Indian War at Fort William Henry in 1757. By 1769, he was probably a resident in the New Hampshire Grants, as Vermont was then called, over the control of which New York and New Hampshire were having a lively controversy. As a result of this dispute, the Green Mountain Boys were organized in 1770, with Allen as “colonel commandant”. By December 1771, Allen had made his leadership so felt that Governor Tryon of New York offered a reward of twenty pounds for his capture. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Places: Villages, towns, unincorporated places, and cities with descriptive articles on the State Capital and Principal cities. ANDOVER Town; Tolland County. Andover was named in 1747, either because its early settlers came from Andover, Massachusetts, or because they came directly from the town of Andover, England. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Historic Places: National Historic Places with descriptions as designated in the National Registrar of Historic Places. ALLEN’S CIDER MILL National Historic Place (des. 1992 - Building - 92000389) 7 Mountain Rd., Granby, CT Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering — Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown — Architectural Style: No Style Listed — Area of Significance: Industry, Architecture — Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 — Owner: Private — Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Social — Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling2, Storage — Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction — Current Sub-function: Business, Manufacturing Facility ________________________________________________________________________________________ Events: Significanct historical or cultural occurrences throughout the state’s history AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1775-81) — As soon as the colonists in Connecticut heard about the battle at Lexington, Massachusetts, several thousand militiamen left Connecticut for Massachusetts under the command of Colonel Israel Putnam. They participated in the legendary Battle of Bunker Hill. Benedict Arnold took command of the Connecticut Militia Company and attempted to capture Fort Ticonderoga. He was not successful, as Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured the fort. Arnold led another expedition to Canada in an unsuccessful assault on Quebec. He was wounded in this battle and forced to take leave. One major Revolutionary War battle was fought in New London, Connecticut. On September 6, 1781, British forces under the command of Benedict Arnold, who had previously joined the British military, landed at New London on the banks of the Thames River. They captured Fort Griswold and burned many buildings in the town. Connecticut’s greatest contribution to the war was providing needed food and many supplies to the Continental Army. The support of Governor Jonathan Trumbull for the war by supplying the military with food and other necessities caused George Washington to nickname Connecticut “The Provision State.” The American Revolution officially came to an end on September 3, 1783, when Great Britain and the new United States of America signed the Treaty of Paris. By its terms, Great Britain recognized its former thirteen colonies, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, as the free and sovereign United States of America. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Things: Important Objects related to the state’s history or culture ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION (1777) — The Articles of Confederation were sent to the states for ratification on November 17, 1777 after being amended throughout a series of debates in the Continental Congress since July 12, 1776. The final draft of the articles created a limited central government, a single house in Congress, and lacked an independent executive. The states maintained their sovereign independence, although Congress was given the authority to regulate foreign affairs, as well as declare war and make peace, to coin, borrow and appropriate money, establish a postal service, and manage Indian Affairs. Congress, however, could not levy taxes or regulate commerce. The Articles of Confederation were not approved quickly. The states argued amongst themselves over boundary disputes, differing tariff laws, trade restriction, what to do about western territories, etc., delaying the final ratification until March 1, 1781. Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, Oliver Wolcott, Titus Hosmer, and Andrew Adams signed the Articles of Confederation on Connecticut’s behalf on July 9, 1778. Samuel Huntington became the first President of the United States in Congress Assembled, also known as the Confederated Congress, created by the Articles of Confederation. CLICK TO READ DICTIONARY ARTICLES

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