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Colony of Connecticut
English colony
Located in North america in conneticut
originaly known as river colony
Two english colonys in present day conneticut merged into Conneticut colony making one big colony

Thomas Hooker
Puritan leader
Left massachusetts Bay when he was upset with the church
Known as father of conneticut
Very religius
Great speaker of Christianity.

John Haynes
5th governor of massachusetts Bay colony
1st gov. of conneticut
Influectal in drafting of laws and legal framwork
On the committe that drafted the Fundamental Orders  of Connnecticut
Whitch has been call one of the first written constitutions

John Davenport
English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven
He was a religus leader who was also a pastor in the church.

John Winthrop
Was founder of Conneticut
Also became Governor
His father was important in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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