SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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Question
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Name the man who moved his Puritan congregation to Connecticut to be one of the first to settle in that area.
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William Bradford
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Roger Williams
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Thomas Hooker
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -While Connecticut was first explored by the Dutch, who founded trading posts, the first permanent settlements were made by English Puritans from Massachusetts, starting in 1633.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Hooker, a Puritan minister, left the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded Hartford, Connecticut. Although a devout Puritan, he advocated the separation of religion from politics. Founded shortly after Hartford, New Haven was the second settlement in Connecticut.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ignoring Dutch claims to the land, English Puritans from Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay settled along the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound on lands they purchased from Native American peoples.
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