The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut council on January 14, 1638. OS (January 24, 1639 NS) The orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers.
It has the features of a written constitution, and is largely considered the first written Constitution in Western history, and thus earned Connecticut its nickname of The Constitution State. The orders were transcribed into the official colony records by the colony's secretary Thomas Welles.

Individual rights

Constitution
Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Windsor, Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Welles