Question

What is most characteristic of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Freedom of worship was given to all Maryland colonists.


It was a model for future state constitutions.


The Orders established laws for the Plymouth Colony.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: "It was a model for future state constitutions."

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) was the first written Constitution in the Western tradition, and the prototype for future Constitutions. It established the structure and power of the government and gave men more voting rights and chances to be eligible to run for elections.