...right of suffrage. It was the first written constitution known to history, that created a government,1 and it marked the beginnings of American democracy,...today is in lineal descent more nearly related to that 1 The compact drawn up in the Mayflower's cabin was not, in the strict sense a constitution, which...

...Connecticut itself, nor does it prescribe any condition of church -membership for the right of suffrage. It was the first written constitution known to history, that created a government,1 and it marked the beginnings of American democracy, of which Themas Hooker deserves more...

...consent of the people." The Constitution then adopted by the freemen of the three towns was the " first known to history that created a government, and it marked the beginnings of American democracy." Its federation of independent towns, its extended suffrage, the different form of representation in...

...would. * * * John Fiske writes of Connecticut's Constitution in his "Beginnings of New England:'' " It was the first written constitution known to history that created a government, and it marked the beginning of American democracy. The Government of the United States to-day is in lineal descent more...

...government of the Colony. "The first written Constitution in the history of the Nations." John Fiske says: "It was the first written Constitution known to history,...more than any other man, to be called the father. The Pastor of the Hartford Church was Connecticut's great Legislator. Mr. Hooker made the journey from...

...which is now so familiar to us." Fiskes' Beginnings of New England says: " It marked the beginning of American Democracy, of which Thomas Hooker deserves...more than any other man to be called the father." Another authority says of Thomas Hooker that he was "The man who first visioned and did much to make...

...instrument which is known as the " Fundamental Orders of Connecticut." Of this, Mr. Fiske says : " It was the first written constitution known to history that created a government, and it made the beginning of American democracy." * It must be remembered, however, that the Connecticut men...

...limitations of the power and place unto which they call them. This of Connecticut has been described as the first written Constitution known to history that created a government, and as having marked the beginning of that American democracy of which Thomas Hooker more than any other...

...marked the beginning of that American democracy of which Thomas Hooker more than any other man deserves to be called the father ; the government of the United States to-day being in lineal descent more nearly related to that of Connecticut than to that of any of the other...

...the power and place unto which they call them." The constitution which resulted, observes John Fiske, was the " first written constitution known to history...more than any other man to be called the father." Such service and eminence in this domain of thought were enough to evoke the gratitude of the ages...