Connecticut
1631 - Plymouth Colony established a trading post - Jonathan Brewster
1632 Fall - Edward Winslow - explores the Connecticut Valley and builds a fort and trading post.
1634 - 1635 - John Oldham lead a party to winter at what is now Wethersfield.
Lt. William Holmes establishes a trading post at Windsor on lands claimed by Plymouth Colony.
1635 - West Country people from Dorchester, Massachusetts move to Windsor [first named Dorchester]
1635 July - group lead by Lord Saye and Sele claim rights to the region. Authorize John Winthrop the younger to control the mouth of the Connecticut River.
1636 March - Winthrops authority is accepted by settlers.
1636 May - Rev. Thomas Hooker and settlers reach Hartford.
1638 May - In a sermon he declares that authority rested upon the free consent of the people.
1638 - John Haynes and Roger Ludlow found Fairfield, Connecticut. They also believe as Rev. Thomas Hooker.
1639 January - Fundamental Orders are adopted by Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield.
New Haven
1636 - Rev. John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton and others establish a colony and trading post at New Haven.
1641 - Stamford was established
1643 - Guilford and Milford joined the New Haven Colony.
1643 November - a General Court was established, two deputies from the four towns.
They made Mosaic law the basis of their legal system.