SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Question
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Which Massachusetts Bay colonist left and founded the first settlement in Connecticut?
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Roger Williams
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John Winthrop
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Anne Hutchinson
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Thomas Hooker
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Hooker, a Puritan minister, left the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded Hartford, Connecticut.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1633, Windsor became Connecticut’s first English settlement.
Detailed explanation-3: -Various Algonquian tribes long inhabited the area prior to European settlement. The Dutch were the first Europeans in Connecticut. In 1614 Adriaen Block explored the coast of Long Island Sound, and sailed up the Connecticut River at least as far as the confluence of the Park River, site of modern Hartford.
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