Question

What was the difference between the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and the Massachusetts Bay Colony:

1.The Connecticut government did not require church membership for the right to vote.
2.Connecticut allowed women, whose husbands owned land, the right to vote.
3.The Connecticut colony wanted representatives who were not religious leaders to maintain a separation of church and state.
4.Votes were not necessary in the Connecticut colony because representatives were chosen by the King of England.

Answer 1

The correct answer is number 1) The Connecticut government did not require church membership for the right to vote.

The difference between the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and the Massachusetts Bay Colony was that the Connecticut government did not require church membership for the right to vote.

The Connecticut River towns established the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut as their form of government. They favored trade by sea for the prosperity of the towns of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the first English settlements in America. About 1000 Puritans arrived at this part of America (nowadays Boston area) in 1630. The Puritans were a very religious society, very strict in their principle. The difference between the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and the Massachusetts Bay Colony was that the Connecticut government did not require church membership for the right to vote.

Answer 2

The difference between the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and the Massachusetts Bay Colony is that the Connecticut government did not require church membership for the right to vote since all men who owned property could vote, including those who did not go to church.