Confederated Martian Colonies

The Martian colonies were one of the oldest off-Earth colonies established by Humans. Shazzerd was famed as the founder of the initial colony. Among the earliest colonists were the ancestors of Jean-Luc Picard. 

The Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies represented a landmark in the legal struggle for individual rights. 

In 2105, a non-corporeal being known as Redjac killed eight women on the Martian colonies. 

In the 24th century, the Ferengi Quark claimed that the flag of the first of the Martian colonies was inspired by a velvet painting of a matador. This may have been an exaggeration used to inflate the price of a painting which Quark was trying to auction at the time. 

''In an alternate timeline, the Martian colonies were destroyed by the Xindi in 2154. ''

Noted Martian Colony natives

 * Mira Romaine, a lieutenant aboard USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), born at Martian Colony 3 in the mid 23rd century.
 * Simon Tarses, a crewman aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), born in the Martian Colonies in the mid 24th century.

Background
There is conflicting canonical information regarding the date of the founding of the Martian Colonies. VOY episode "The 37's" established that "Mars was colonized by people from Earth in 2103" (this, curiously, being 40 years after Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight), while ENT episode "" establishes that Utopia Planitia had been founded in 2069. The episodes "" and "" also mention "Utopia colony," while at the same time the terraforming of Mars was ongoing. This may indicate colonization happened in stages over the course of several decades.