Connecticut: Polity Style: 1689-1776

9/19 May 1689	the government of Connecticut under the Charter of 1662 is restored by a resolution passed at the meeting of the General Court held on 9/19 May 1689 in Hartford (Bulkeley, pp. 154-159; Connecticut Colonial Records, 3:455-460)
9/19 May 1689 - ? Oct 1776	Colony of Connecticut [1]
on or after 9 May 1776	the exercise of authority in the name of the King of Great Britain is ceased and continues in the name of the Governor and Company of the Colony of Connecticut, in accordance with "An Act in Alteration of an Act, intitled, An Act prescribing Forms of Writs, Processes, &c." passed by the General Court or Assembly on or after 9 May 1776 (Connecticut Colonial Records, 15:281-282; Connecticut Session Laws, 1776, p. 420)
4 Jul 1776	the British colonies represented in the Continental Congress are proclaimed "free and independent states" in accordance with a declaration approved by the Congress on 4 Jul 1776, session of the Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Journals of the Continental Congress, 5:510-515)
on or after 10 Oct 1776	a resolution of the General Court or Assembly, approving the Declaration of Independence (4 Jul 1776), confirming "this Colony... to be a free and independent State", certifying the validity of the Charter of 1662, and instructing to issue writs and other documents "in the name of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut", is passed on or after 10 Oct 1776 (Connecticut State Records, 1:3-4) [2]

In more formal use: (His Majesty's) English Colony of Connecticut, in New England, in America.
The date of passage of this resolution, like that of most contemporary laws and resolves adopted by the General Assembly of Connecticut, cannot be determined with certainty, as such acts were typically dated as of the first day of the session, regardless of the actual day on which they were voted. The status of the resolution was altered by An Act for confirming the Laws of this State as revised and amended, and for repealing such as are not contained in the foregoing Code, passed on or after 13 Jan 1784 by the General Assembly (Connecticut State Records, 5:281-282). A slightly edited version of this resolution was subsequently enacted as a law under the title An Act containing an Abstract and Declaration of the Rights and Privileges of the People of this State, and securing the same (Connecticut Session Laws, 1784, pp. 1-2).