USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -There was not religious freedom in the Connecticut Colony. Many of the Puritans came from the Massachusetts Colony looking to start churches for their beliefs. The purpose for the move was Religious and Economic freedom. They followed a strict moral code which they felt was the correct way to live life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Early Settlers In 1636, the English arrived when a large group of Puritans from Massachusetts led by Thomas Hooker founded the Colony of Connecticut at the city of Hartford. They came looking for freedom of religion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Hooker and the other founders of our state came to New England in pursuit of religious freedom from their home country.

Detailed explanation-4: -They voted to admit new members and to punish or dismiss those who offended against God’s laws. Although the Puritans came to America seeking the right to worship as they wished, there was no religious liberty in Puritan Connecticut.

Detailed explanation-5: -It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation, and the English permanently gained control of the region in 1637 after struggles with the Dutch. The colony was later the scene of a bloody war between the colonists and Pequot Indians known as the Pequot War.