The first Polaroid camera was used in, the first hamburger ever consumed was in, the first telephone exchange was in, the first vacuum cleaner was invented in, the Constitution State is Connecticut, and the list goes on. Connecticut is one of the smallest states, but its impact has had a tremendous effect on the United States. The intention of this paper is to give a rationalization why Connecticut is an influential state.

Connecticut's first inhabitants, like many other states, were Native American. Connecticut was a small territory, but over 6,000 Indians subsisted in Connecticut before the Europeans came. One of the most influential tribes that lived along the south of the Thames River was the Pequot tribe. Another major tribe was the Mohegan and they lived in present day Norwich, Connecticut. Other tribes that branched off from the Pequot tribe were the Quinnipiac, Saukiog, Siwanog, Tunxis, and Wangunk. Together...