Connecticut
Connecticut is a small state to be sure but it has been one of the most vigorously
independent and productive since Dutch explorer Adriaen Block discovered the Connecticut
River in 1614. Geographically, it is the third smallest state, even though its
original charter, granted in 1662, extended the land grant west to the Pacific
Ocean. And its contributions to the world are great. Three towns in Connecticut
developed the first written constitution, "The Fundamental Orders" where
it was declared that "the foundation of authority is in the free consent
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