United Colonies of New England Confederation
The colony's success soon attracted other believers, as well as those who were not Puritans. They expanded into additional towns (then called plantations): Milford and Guilford in 1639, Stamford and Southold across Long Island Sound to the south on the North Fork of Long Island in 1640 forming the original component of the confederation which called itself "The United Colonies of New England.".
Later Branford joined in 1643 and was the last the official "plantation" in the New Haven Confederation. They based their government on that of Massachusetts but maintained stricter adherence to the Puritan discipline.
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