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(April 3, 1644), adopted the rules for governing the courts of the New Haven Colony, stating: The judicial laws of God, as they were delivered by Moses … [are to] be a rule to all the courts in this jurisdiction … 336

(October 14, 1644–July 30, 1718), was the founder of Pennsylvania. He was the son of a British Navy Admiral, of the same name, who discovered Bermuda and helped strengthen King Charles II’s throne. William Penn attended Oxford University, and later studied law. In 1667, at the age of 22, William Penn was impressed by a … Continue reading “PENN,
WILLIAM”

(1642), along with the Colony of Connecticut in 1647, passed the Old Deluder Satan Law to prevent illiteracy and to prevent the abuse of power over a population ignorant of Scriptures, as had been the case in Europe. The law instituted: It being one chiefe project of that old deluder, Sathan, to keepe men from … Continue reading “MASSACHUSETTS
BAY, COLONY OF”

(December 25, 1642–March 20, 1727), was a mathematician and natural philosopher who discovered of the laws of universal gravitation, formulated the three laws of motion, which aided in advancing the discipline of dynamics, and helped develop calculus into a comprehensive branch of mathematics. He went to Trinity College, Cambridge, 1661; retired to Woolsthorp, Lincolnshire, during … Continue reading “NEWTON,
SIR ISAAC”

(May 19, 1643), was the first document in America where colonies united themselves. The colonists of New Plymouth, New Haven, Massachusetts & Connecticut, covenanted together, stated: The Articles of Confederation between the plantations under the government of Massachusetts, the plantations under the government of New Plymouth, the plantations under the government of Connecticut, and the … Continue reading “NEW
ENGLAND CONFEDERATION, CONSTITUTION OF THE”

(August 4, 1639), the colonists defined the purpose for government, stating: Considering with ourselves the holy will of God and our own necessity, that we should not live without wholesome laws and civil government among us, of which we are altogether destitute, do, in the name of Christ and in the sight of God, combine … Continue reading “EXETER,
NEW HAMPSHIRE”

(December 1641), the first code of laws established in New England, were established by the Massachusetts General Court. They were compiled by Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652), a leading English Puritan minister, who had been trained as a lawyer. He came to the Colony in 1634, and was for a time pastor at Ipswich. The Massachusetts Body … Continue reading “MASSACHUSETTS,
BODY OF LIBERTIES OF”

(1639), established under the Constitution of Connecticut, issued the order: That God’s word should be the only rule for ordering the affairs of government in this commonwealth.319

(January 14, 1639), was the first constitution written in America, establishing a pattern which all others followed, including the United States Constitution.320 It was penned by Roger Ludlow, 1638, after hearing a sermon by Thomas Hooker, the Puritan minister who founded Hartford, Connecticut. So important was this work that Connecticut became known as “The Constitution … Continue reading “CONNECTICUT,
FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS (CONSTITUTION) OF”

(June 21, 1639–August 23, 1723), was the President of Harvard College, 1685–1701. He was the son of the influential preacher, Richard Mather (1596–1669), who emigrated to Massachusetts, 1635, and co-authored the Bay Psalm Book. Increase Mather became a primary leader in colonial America, representing the Colonists in England, where he helped negotiate a new charter … Continue reading “MATHER,
INCREASE”