These were colonists of the lower class could not vote nor hold public office. The lower classes were bolstered by Indentured Servants and some slaves. The Middle class citizens of Colonial Connecticut could vote but few held public office.
They ran stores or small businesses, were skilled tradesmen or belonged to professions. The Upper class consisted of wealthy and well educated minor aristocrats who could vote and held high public office.
The economy of Colonial Connecticut was based on manufacture and industries such as ship building and the manufacture and export of rum.
The way of life focussed on town life. In towns along the coast, the colonists made their living fishing, whaling, shipbuilding and shipping. The economy of other parts of Colonial Connecticut was based on timber products, the fur trade, maple syrup, copper, livestock products, horses, rum, whiskey and beer. Facts about the Connecticut Colony. Reasons Against Satirizing Religion. Pennsylvania: An Act for Freedom of Conscience.
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The Massachusetts Body of Liberties. Government Printing Office. Collier, Christopher. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Committee on Public Information. An Outline of Government in Connecticut. Den Ouden, Amy E. Sellers, Helen Earle. Connecticut Town Origins. Stonington, CT: Pequot Press, Themes: Role of Connecticut in U. Town: Hartford , Statewide , Wethersfield , Windsor. Grade: Grade 5. The Fundamental Orders provided the framework for the government of Connecticut Colony—originally just the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield—from to The Fundamental Orders spelled out when general courts should be held, how the governor and magistrates should be chosen, and who could vote.
Although Connecticut was an English colony at the time, the document does not make any reference to the authority of the crown—only to that of God. Only they could serve as deputies and vote for the governor and magistrates. While in New Haven Colony only church members could become freemen, in the Connecticut Colony any adult man of good character with a certain amount of property could be admitted as a freeman, if he was willing and able to travel to Hartford to take the Oath of Loyalty and be sworn in by the General Court.
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