USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council on January 24 [O.S. January 14] 1639. The fundamental orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. They wanted the government to have access to the open ocean for trading.

Detailed explanation-2: -Connecticut had been governing itself since Thomas Hooker led a band of Puritans away from Massachusetts in 1636. The Fundamental Orders gave men more voting rights than they had in Massachusetts and allowed more men to run for office.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1639, the Connecticut Colony wrote and adopted the Fundamental Orders. This document reflected our independent spirit and is considered by many to be the first written constitution of a democratic government. That’s why Connecticut is nicknamed “The Constitution State."

Detailed explanation-4: -Office of the Secretary of the State Secretary of the State. *The “Fundamental Orders, ” 1638-9. “Voted” January 14, 1638, the Fundamental Orders were the beginning of Connecticut as a commonwealth.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Fundamental Orders identified two types of voters-“admitted inhabitants” and “freemen.” Not everyone living in a town was an “admitted inhabitant.” Paupers, itinerants, or other undesirable newcomers could be “warned off” from a town or refused admission.