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What was Thomas Hooker's role in the founding of Connecticut?

He founded the colony to promote trade

He led settlers to establish a new government

He opposed the establishment of a colony

He was a military leader

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He led settlers to establish a new government.

Hooker was a Puritan minister who in 1636 led a group from Massachusetts to the Connecticut River region (founding Hartford) and helped shape the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, an early written constitution.