Connecticut

"Connecticut es uno de los 50 estados de los Estados Unidos, localizado en la región de Nueva Inglaterra. Es el tercer estado más pequeño en extensión territorial de los EE. UU., solamente Delaware y Rhode Island son menores. Sin embargo, con sus 3.405.565 habitantes es el cuarto estado más densamente poblado del país. Su principal fuente de ingresos es la prestación de servicios financieros e inmobiliarios. La capital del estado, Hartford, es conocida nacionalmente como Insurance City (La Ciudad de los Seguros), a causa de la gran cantidad de compañías de seguros que están ubicadas en la ciudad. Fue una de las Trece Colonias originalmente establecidas por el Reino Unido. La colonia de Connecticut fue la primera subdivisión localizada en lo que es actualmente Estados Unidos de América en poseer una Constitución escrita, llamada Fundamental Orders (Mandatos Fundamentales), o First Orders (Primeras Órdenes), adoptada el 14 de enero de 1639. Esta Constitución colonial serviría de base para la formación de la Constitución estadounidense. Los oficiales de Connecticut tuvieron un papel esencial en la aprobación del "Gran Compromiso" realizado en la Convención Constitucional de 1787, que dio al Congreso de los Estados Unidos su forma actual. A causa de estos eventos, el estado es apodado como The Constitution State (El Estado de la Constitución), y el Gran Compromiso de 1787 pasó a ser conocido nacionalmente como Compromiso de Connecticut. El 9 de enero de 1788 se convirtió en el quinto estado estadounidense. El origen del nombre "Connecticut" proviene de la palabra india Quinnehtujqut, que significa "Lugar del Río Largo". Los primeros europeos en instalarse de forma permanente en la región fueron puritanos ingleses, venidos de Massachusetts, en 1633. The Nutmeg State es otro apodo popular y los habitantes de este estado son conocidos nacionalmente como un "nutmegger"."

"Connecticut (/kntkt/) is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Connecticut is also often grouped along with New York and New Jersey as the Tri-State area. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital city is Hartford, and its most populous city is Bridgeport. The state is named after the Connecticut River, a major U.S. river that approximately bisects the state. The word "Connecticut" is derived from various anglicized spellings of an Algonquian word for "long tidal river". Connecticut is the third smallest state by area, the 29th most populous, and the fourth most densely populated of the 50 United States. It is known as the "Constitution State", the "Nutmeg State", the "Provisions State", and the "Land of Steady Habits". It was influential in the development of the federal government of the United States. Much of southern and western Connecticut (along with the majority of the state's population) is part of the New York metropolitan area: three of Connecticut's eight counties are statistically included in the New York City combined statistical area, which is widely referred to as the Tri-State area. Connecticut's center of population is in Cheshire, New Haven County, which is also located within the Tri-State area. Connecticut's first European settlers were Dutch. They established a small, short-lived settlement in present-day Hartford at the confluence of the Park and Connecticut rivers, called Huys de Goede Hoop. Initially, half of Connecticut was a part of the Dutch colony, New Netherland, which included much of the land between the Connecticut and Delaware rivers. The first major settlements were established in the 1630s by England. Thomas Hooker led a band of followers overland from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded what would become the Connecticut Colony; other settlers from Massachusetts founded the Saybrook Colony and the New Haven Colony. The Connecticut and New Haven Colonies established documents of Fundamental Orders, considered the first constitutions in North America. In 1662, the three colonies were merged under a royal charter, making Connecticut a crown colony. This colony was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. The Connecticut River, Thames River, and ports along the Long Island Sound have given Connecticut a strong maritime tradition, which continues today. The state also has a long history of hosting the financial services industry, including insurance companies in Hartford and hedge funds in Fairfield County. As of the 2010 Census, Connecticut features the highest per-capita income, Human Development Index (0.962), and median household income in the United States."