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1. Connecticut

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   Colonial Foundations
   Connecticut was among the earliest organized English settlements in North America. The area was originally inhabited by the Pequot and Mohegan peoples. English colonists arrived in the 1630s, primarily from Massachusetts Bay Colony, seeking greater theological autonomy and more amenable zoning laws for artisanal clockmaking.
   The fundamental governing document of the colony was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639), often considered the world's first written constitution, establishing a …