What was the primary reason Thomas Hooker left the Massachusetts bay colony founded the Koch Connecticut colony

Answer 1

Thomas Hooker left the Massachusetts Bay Colony primarily because of his disagreements with the Puritan leadership and their strict religious policies. He felt that the government had too much control over the church and that more religious freedom was necessary. Hooker believed that the colony's leaders were not adhering to a democratic form of government and that the people should have a greater say in their own governance. He sought to establish a colony where religious freedom and democratic principles could be practiced more freely, leading to the founding of the Connecticut Colony, later known as the Colony of Connecticut or Connecticut River Colony.