Connecticut is the Charter Oak State. That proud title originates from a moment of profound courage in 1687, when our colonial forefathers defied the tyranny of the king and fought to preserve their right to self-rule.
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Your pocket guide to revolutions by the century, anglocentric edition. The 1700s were about the rights of man, notably with the American and French revolutions. We had ours first. In the 1800s, the industrial revolution moved the world from a rural agrarian economy to an urban manufacturing one. That’s what contributed to the rise of capitalism and capitalists, people who owned the company but didn’t do the work. Two world wars in the 1900s created a new order with America emergent in the second half. Starting around 2000ish, Google revolutionized the world by putting it at your fingertips. The revolution is brought to you by Google.
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