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Connecticut ratified the U.S. Constitution on January 9, 1788. Read about the ratification process, explore Hartford, and locate Connecticut on the state map. Discover an early American flight and learn about ballooning. Explore a concrete static-electricity example in a passage about amber: rubbed amber can attract tiny pieces of paper.
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Connecticut ratified the U.S. Constitution on January 9, 1788, becoming the fifth state to approve it. Read about the ratification process, explore Hartford, and locate Connecticut on the map.
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Use Connecticut as related background or for comparison.
Use The First to Ratify: Delaware and the Golden Fleece Tavern as related background or for comparison.
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Read passageExplore the Constitution’s structure and the principles behind the document Connecticut ratified.
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On January 9, 1793, Jean-Pierre Blanchard made a balloon flight from Philadelphia. Explore the science and early history of ballooning.
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Read about an earlier balloon demonstration in France.
Read passageExplore how hot-air balloons fly.
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Explore a concrete static-electricity example in a passage about amber: rubbed amber can attract tiny pieces of paper.
Find the amber example and describe what happens when it is rubbed with wool.
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Connecticut ratified the Constitution on January 9, 1788. Nine States Say Yes: Ratifying the Constitution explains the wider ratification process, and Hartford: The Heartbeat of Connecticut introduces Hartford. Find the state on the Connecticut map.
Building a Stronger Nation: The Power of the U.S. Constitution explores the document’s structure and principles. Compare its explanation with the ratification reading.
Jean-Pierre Blanchard flew a balloon from Philadelphia on January 9, 1793. Learn about an earlier French flight in The Great Balloon of Annonay, then explore the science of flight in Sky of Color.
Explore a concrete static-electricity example in a passage about amber: rubbed amber can attract tiny pieces of paper. Read Trapped in Time: How Amber Preserves Ancient Life and find the amber example and describe what happens when it is rubbed with wool.
