Show EXPRESSED WILL OF PEOPLE first american constitution grew out of feeling of dissatisfaction with conditions the tonn term first american constitution tu tion is frequently applied by writers to what Is better known historically tori cally as the Fund fundamental mental orders of connecticut 11 many people in massachusetts having become dissatisfied with a law that nono none but church members should vote or hold office at length determined to form other settlements other town organizations migrated almost bodily from massachusetts to what was then the wilder wilderness riess these were newton watertown and dorchester Dorc liester which had their names changed respectively to hartford wethersfield field and windsor along with them went their governing organizations and a general court for the three towns was afterward formed jan 14 1 1639 this little community formed the first written A merican american constitution at hartford this constitution ution springs directly from the will of the people and neither english king nor parliament nor colonial council nor governor govermor had bad anything to do with it the orders provided for two general representative assemblies each year composed of delegates from each town one tor for tho the election of governor und magistrates the other for foi making the laws these fundamental orders as they were called were the beginnings of democratic government in america |