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4 days ago · Quoting John Winthrop, one of the early Pilgrims, Kennedy said, “We must always consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill – the eyes of all people are upon us.”
3 days ago · Hyatt says John Winthrop, leading 700 Puritans to Massachusetts in 1631, said it like this: “‘Others may come to the New World for wealth and furs.' He said, ‘We have another goal, another end. We have entered into an explicit covenant with God to be His people in this New World.'
1 day ago · Winthrop D. Jordan’s White Over Black: American Attitudes toward the Negro, 1550–1812, is the classic account of anti-black prejudice preceding racial slavery, and of the question of racial equality gaining new meaning from the American Revolution.
1 day ago · Abstract The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne’s highly political magnum opus, is concerned with the struggle of its heroine against the overarching Puritan patriarchy, and relates her resistance, denial and finally her reconciliation with the society that had outcast and defamed her.
3 days ago · John Winthrop elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony before their departure from England, and re-elected many times. He is known for his sermon "A Model of Christian Charity," in which he stated that the Puritan colony would be a "city upon a hill"
1 day ago · Visionary leaders like John Winthrop and Roger Williams contributed to the evolution of democratic thought and religious tolerance in colonial America, leaving an indelible mark on the nation’s development. In summary, the Massachusetts Bay Colony stands as a testament to the aspirations and complexities of early American colonization.
4 days ago · Then, according to Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, Stuyvesant received a second letter from neighboring English Governor and thorn-in-Pete’s-side John Winthrop Jr. backing Nicoll’s...
