 Connecticut yakasarudza nhume ina kuChipiri Continental Congress dzakasaina Chirevo cheRusunungukoSamuel Huntington, Roger Sherman, William Williams, uye Oliver Wolcott. Dare remitemo reConnecticut rakapa mvumo yekushongedzwa kwemauto matsva matanhatu muna 1775, zvichitevera kurwisana pakati pevarwi veBritain nemasoja eMassachusetts kuLexington neConcord. Paiva nemasoja eConnecticut anenge 1.200 paHondo yeBunker Hill muna June 1775. Muna 1775, David Bushnell akagadzira Turtle iyo gore rakatevera racho yakatanga kurwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzokutanga munhau, pasina kubudirira kurwisa ngarava yehondo yeBritain yakanga yakamira pachiteshi chengarava cheNew York. 