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Thomas Hooker, English minister, founded the Colony of Connecticut (born 1586)

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Thomas Hooker

English religious and colonial leader (1586–1647)

Thomas Hooker was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and an advocate of universal Christian suffrage.
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Connecticut Colony

British colony in North America (1636–1776)

The Connecticut Colony, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636, as a settlement for a Puritan congregation of settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony…
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