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Why is 黑料吃瓜网 called the 鈥楥onstitution State?鈥�

By Frankie Graziano,
Chloe Wynne
Published August 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM EDT
An image of King Charles II, King of England, appears in the upper left of a detail photograph of the Royal Charter of 1662. Written on parchment, the document, says the Museum of Connect History, 鈥済ave royal approval to the structure and freedoms that were already in place under the Colony of 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Fundamental Orders of 1639, the first written government framework in the nation created and implemented by a group of people to govern themselves.鈥�
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An image of King Charles II, King of England, appears in the upper left of a detail photograph of the Royal Charter of 1662. Written on parchment, the document, says the Museum of Connect History, 鈥済ave royal approval to the structure and freedoms that were already in place under the Colony of 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Fundamental Orders of 1639, the first written government framework in the nation created and implemented by a group of people to govern themselves.鈥�

How did 黑料吃瓜网 earn the moniker 鈥淐onstitution State鈥�?

Hint 鈥� it鈥檚 not the you learned about in history class!

We鈥檒l travel back to the 1600s to explore how history, conflict and big aspirations helped shape the state鈥檚 identity.

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  • , professor of history at Eastern 黑料吃瓜网 State University and director of the Center for 黑料吃瓜网 Studies
  • , director of Conservation ConneCTion, 黑料吃瓜网 State Library
  • , chief curator of collections, 黑料吃瓜网 Museum of Culture and History

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Frankie Graziano
Frankie Graziano is the host of 'The Wheelhouse,' focusing on how local and national politics impact the people of 黑料吃瓜网.
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Chloe Wynne
Chloe is a producer for The Wheelhouse and Where We Live at 黑料吃瓜网. She's also the host and a producer of the narrative podcast 'Generation Gilmore Girls.' Before that, she produced and reported for VPM and Story Mechanics on the investigative podcast 'Admissible: Shreds of Evidence.' She earned her master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2021. Reach her at cwynne@ctpublic.org.
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