Title: Documents of Connecticut History
1Topic 3 Integrating Connecticut History into
the Classroom
2Documents of Connecticut History
- Constitutional Documents
- Slavery and Antislavery
- Gender Equity
3Connecticut was a Bible Commonwealth
4Fundamental Orders 1638
- Article 4 -
- It is ordered, sentenced, and decreed that no
person be chosen Governor above once in two
years, and that the governor be always a member
of some approved congregation
5New Haven Colony Charter
- Government of New Haven Colony
- October 27 / November 6, 1643
- It was agreed and concluded as a
foundamentall order nott to be disputed or
questioned hereafter, thatt none shall be
admitted to be free burgesses in any of the
plantations within this jurisdiction for the
future, butt such planters as are members of some
or other of the approved churches of New England,
nor shall any butt such free burgesses have any
vote in any election, (the six present freemen
aft Milforde enjoying the liberty with the
cautions agreed,) nor shall any power or trust in
the ordering of any civill affayres, be aft any
time putt into the hands of any other than such
church members,
6Charter of 1662
- that for the better ordering and managing of the
affairs and business of the said Company and
their successors, there shall be one Governor,
one Deputy Governor and Twelve Assistants to be
from time to time Constituted, Elected and Chosen
out of the Freemen of the said Company
7Constitution of l8l8
- Article One
- Sec. 1. That all men when they form a social
compact, are equal in rights and that no man, or
set of men are entitled to exclusive public
emoluments or privileges from the community. - Sec. 4. No preference shall be given by law to
any Christian sect or mode of worship.
8Constitution of l965
- The federal court ordered Connecticut to conform
to the directive of one man, one vote and as a
result a Constitutional Convention was called to
revise the Connecticut Constitution.
9Key provisions of the Constitution of l965
- Article 1 Sec. 7. The people shall be secure in
their persons, houses, papers, and possessions
from unreasonable searches or seizures and no
warrant to search any place, or to seize any
person or things, shall issue without describing
them as nearly as may be, nor without probable
cause supported by oath or affirmation.
101965 Constitution (cont.)
- Article 1 Sec. 20. No person shall be denied the
equal protection of the law nor be subjected to
segregation or discrimination in the exercise or
enjoyment of his civil or political rights
because of religion, race, color, ancestry or
national origin.
11Article One
- Section 11. The property of no person shall be
taken for public use, without just compensation. - Section 15. Every citizen has a right to bear
arms in defense of himself and the state.
12Article One
- Section 3. The exercise and enjoyment of
religious profession and worship, without
discrimination, shall forever be free to all
persons in the state
13John Bailey and A. Searle Pinney the two party
chairmen in l965
A. Searle Pinney, (R)
John Bailey, (D)
14Slavery and the African-American Experience in
Connecticut
- Prudence Crandall
- Roger Sherman Baldwin
- Joseph Cinque
15Prudence Crandall, Abolitionist, Teacher, Heroine
16Sarah Harris, Student at Miss Crandalls School
in Canterbury
17Prudence Crandall, Abolitionist, Teacher, Heroine
18Roger Sherman Baldwin, Governor of Connecticut
19Portrait of Joseph Cinque by Nathaniel Jocelyn
20GENDER EQUALITY IN THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS
21- Labor reform 1887 begins a long series of
reform legislation passed by the Connecticut
General Assembly including child labor laws,
improvement in workplace conditions, and better
wages. - Interest in elective politics.
22Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association
- Founded in l869 to further efforts
- of Connecticuts women to secure
- voting rights
23Isabella Beecher Hooker, Founder of the
Connecticut Womens Suffrage Assoc.
24Katherine Houghton Hepburn, Womens Rights
Advocate
25Ella Grasso, l9l9-1981Begins Political Activism
through Connecticut League of Women Voters
First Woman Governor Of Connecticut Elected 1974
26The Struggle for Womens Rights in
Connecticut
27General Themes
Code of Domesticity
Equality Through Voting
Reforms Beyond Voting
28Additional Theme Without Alienating Men, Work
Within Male Sphere and Succeed
29The Struggle for Womens Rights in
Connecticut
- 1820s 1860s
- 1870s 1910
- 1910 1950
- 1950 2007
30Prudence Crandall
31Prudence Crandalls School in Canterbury,
Connecticut
32Catherine Beecher
33Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
34(No Transcript)
35Isabella Beecher Hooker
36Women Attempt to Improve Working
Conditions Better Pay, Shorter Hours,
Abolition of Child Labor
37Elizabeth Cady Stanton
38Susan B. Anthony
39Alice Paul
40Katherine Houghton Hepburn
41Senator Frank Brandegee
42Alice Paul
43Clare Booth Luce
44Chase Going Woodhouse
45 Ella Grasso