CONNECTICUT

The area later called Connecticut was claimed by a dutch Explorers named Adrian Block and John Oldham. England, who won the argument, would clear the way for settlement by English colonists escaping religious persecution in Massachusetts. Thomas Hooker, a Puritan minister, led his congregation to Connecticut in June 1636, and is generally considered the founder.

Thomas Hooker had come to a colony built with Puritan Principles in Massachusetts because he was not allowed to practice his faith in his native England, But he was disturbed by the lack of democracy and left the colony for Connecticut and found even greater religious freedom.

PEOPLE IN THE COLONY

CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY

• The winters in Connecticut were much cooler than English winters and summers were mild.
• The terrain was cover with forest.
• The soil is suitable for farming, the most fans were small.
• Colonists along the coast you succeeded to make a living, through fishing, and trading.

Economy
Colonists grew the food needed for their families plus a little more to trade including corn, pumpkins, beans, squash, and apples. Colonists hunted for game, did their own weaving, and built their own homes with logs found from the forest around them. Ship building, fishing, and whaling, along the coast were other ways to make a living in Connecticut.

Religion
Since most colonists came to Connecticut from Puritan communities, they followed the Puritan religion but these Colonists made sure to separate their religious codes from their colonial laws more completely than colonists in Massachusetts.

Politics and Government.
Connecticut colonists have the world's first written constitution, called the fundamental orders. "Call for a government based on the concept of the governed," which was a radical idea for their time. One representative from each town, six magistrates, and one governor were all selected by the free white men of the colony.

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