What was the purpose of the fundamental orders of Connecticut is important.
The Connecticut State Library has a facsimile of The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
The framework for the government of the Connecticut colony was provided by the Fundamental Orders.
For two years before the adoption of the Fundamental Orders, Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield cooperated under a simple form of government composed of magistrates and representatives from each town.The only trained lawyer in the colony, Roger Ludlow of Windsor, probably drafted the Fundamental Orders, although he may have been assisted by other people.There were 11 orders or laws in the document.The three towns were bound by a covenant to be governed by the orders.The preamble was similar to a church covenant.The foundation for all Puritan organizations was the model of the biblical covenant.The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut General Court.The date on the document itself is listed as 1638.