Can any serious student of history tell me what the official name of Connecticut was from 4 July 1776 AD until 1818 AD? It has been made clear to me that upon its creation in 1776, the state of Connecticut actually kept its old English colonial charter as its constitution and didn’t adopt a new constitution until 1818 AD. A copy of the 1662 Connecticut colonial charter lists the entity’s official name as “the Colony of Connecticut.” I am wondering whether the state of Connecticut, after 1776, ever amended its old charter to change the name to the State of Connecticut (or something else), or if, by legislative decree outside of the constitution, it officially changed its name from the Colony of Connecticut..
Thanks.
Egon.