The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted in Hartford in 1639 and later used as a model for the U.S. Constitution. Hooker established the Hartford settlement in 1636. He is called the father of American democracy for his belief that the governed had the God-given right to choose their leaders. Philip of Poconoket, King Philip, the second son of the Wampanoag chief, became leader of the Wampanoags on Massasoit's death in 1661. In an attempt to stem the settlers' push into Indian territory, Philip organized nearly all New England tribes in a confederation of resistance.
Palisades are fences or fortifications.
Louisburg, now Louisbourg, is an Atlantic fishing center in Nova Scotia, Canada. By 1837 Fourneyron had improved his original six horsepower turbine to a horizontal unit capable of 60 hp.