USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States’ first constitution.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mayflower Compact-once called the “Plymouth Combination”-is the first constitution known to have been written in the New World. Drafted aboard the Mayflower before the Pilgrims from Holland and their fellow travelers landed in North America, it was signed on November 11, 1620, by the 41 men on the ship.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roger Ludlow of Windsor, the only trained lawyer in the colony, probably drafted the Fundamental Orders, although he may have been assisted by Hartford residents John Haynes (a former Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony), Edward Hopkins, and John Steel. The document consisted of a preamble and 11 orders or laws.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first written constitution in the American colonies. In 1639, the three towns that comprised the Connecticut colony, Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield, formed a common government based on the federal principle.