Connecticut was founded by which Puritan minister?

Connecticut was founded by which Puritan minister?

• A. Thomas Hooker
• B. Roger Williams
• C. John Winthrop
• D. Samuel Hopkins

Answer: (A)

Thomas Hooker, a Puritan minister, led settlers from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River Valley in the 1630s, founding Hartford as a new community built on governance by consent and a representative body. His ideas about civil liberty and how a church-side community should be governed helped shape the colony’s political framework, culminating in the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, often called an early written constitution. Roger Williams founded Rhode Island after banishment from Massachusetts Bay; John Winthrop was a key figure in establishing Massachusetts Bay Colony; Samuel Hopkins is not known as a founder of Connecticut.

Thomas Hooker, a Puritan minister, led settlers from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River Valley in the 1630s, founding Hartford as a new community built on governance by consent and a representative body. His ideas about civil liberty and how a church-side community should be governed helped shape the colony’s political framework, culminating in the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, often called an early written constitution. Roger Williams founded Rhode Island after banishment from Massachusetts Bay; John Winthrop was a key figure in establishing Massachusetts Bay Colony; Samuel Hopkins is not known as a founder of Connecticut.