Back Колония Ню Хейвън Bulgarian Нью-Хейвен (колони) CE New Haven Colony German Colonia de New Haven Spanish Colonie de New Haven French מושבת ניו הייבן HE Նյու Հեյվեն գաղութ Armenian Koloni New Haven ID Colonia del New Haven Italian ニューヘイブン植民地 Japanese
New Haven Colony | |||||||||
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| 1638–1664 | |||||||||
 Map of the Connecticut, New Haven, and Saybrook colonies | |||||||||
| Status | English colony | ||||||||
| Capital | New Haven | ||||||||
| Common languages | English | ||||||||
| Religion | Puritanism | ||||||||
| Government | Self-governing colony | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1639-1658 | Theophilus Eaton | ||||||||
• 1658-1659 | Francis Newman | ||||||||
• 1661-1664 | William Leete | ||||||||
| Legislature | General Court | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1638 | ||||||||
• Merged with Connecticut Colony | 1664 | ||||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
New Haven Colony was an English colony from 1638 to 1664 that included settlements on the north shore of Long Island Sound, with outposts in modern-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.[1] The colony joined Connecticut Colony in 1664.[2]
The history of the colony was a series of disappointments and failures. The most serious problem was that New Haven Colony never had a charter giving it legal title to exist. The larger, stronger colony of Connecticut to the north did have a charter. New Haven's leaders were businessmen and traders, but they were never able to build up a large or profitable trade because their agricultural base was poor, farming the rocky soil was difficult, and the location was isolated.[citation needed]