CONNECTICUT

FOUNDER

• Was claimed by dutch explorer, Adrian Block in 1614
• It was also claimed by an englishman from Massachusetts, John Oldham in 1633
• Thomas hooker, a puriten minister led his congregation to connecticut in June 1636
• Thomas Hooker is genrally considered the founder of Connecticut

REASONS FOR BEING FOUNDER

• Thomas hooker had to come to massachusetts, wasnt allowed to practice his puritan faith in native land
• He was disturbed by lack of democracy
• He then left colony for Connecticut to find even greater religious freedom

PEOPLE IN THE COLONY

• Native Americans lived in the Quinnequktuqut when some white Europeans came to North America
• In 1631 some native americans invited massachusstetts colony govenor to settle in their area
• In exchanged they aksed for english protection
• They then forced into slavery
• Ducth and swedish also lived in connecticut

CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY

• WInters in connecticut were colder then english winters
• The summers were very mild
• Soil was suitable for farming
• Colonists along the coast used the sea for a living

ECONOMY

• Colonies the food they needed for their colonies
• Most common crops, corn, pumpkin, beans, squash, and apples
• Cattle was raised for beed and milk
• Shipbuilding, fishing were other ways to make a living

RELIGION

• Most colonists came from puritan colonies so they followed the puritan religion
• They made sure to seperate religious codes from colonial laws

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

• Had the worlds first written consitution called fundimental orders
• One representive from each town, 6 magistrates and 1 governor were all elected
• It called for a governement based on the consent of the governed, radical idea for time