Question

9. Which of the following people had the most direct influence on

the writing of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Answer 1

Answer: Roger Ludlow

Explanation: Roger Ludlow of Windsor, the only trained lawyer in the colony, probably drafted the Fundamental Orders, although he may have been assisted by Hartford residents John Haynes (a former Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony), Edward Hopkins, and John Steel. The document consisted of a preamble and 11 orders or laws.