Thomas Hooker in the United States
Hooker, Thomas (1586_1647)
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 394 HOOKER, THOMAS (1586_1647) To escape persecution for his Puritan beliefs, Thomas Hooker fled England in 1633 and settled in Newton, Massachusetts, as its Congregational minister. In 1636 he led most of his congregation to a new settlement at Hartford, thus becoming a founder of Connecticut.A leader
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