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Jun 21, 2024 · Overview of Winthrop's Biography John Winthrop was born in Suffolk, England on January 22, 1588. Winthrop was not a Separatist. Separatists wanted to break away from the Church of England. As a Puritan, John Winthrop did not want to keep the church with its Catholic rituals but he wanted to remain part of the Church of England.
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.'
Jun 20, 2024 · John Winthrop (born January 22 [January 12, Old Style], 1588, Edwardstone, Suffolk, England—died April 5 [March 26], 1649, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony [U.S.]) first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the chief figure among the Puritan founders of New England.
John Winthrop: "City on the Hill" and Journal Entries John Winthrop's writing was written in the seventeenth century. His speech, "City on a Hill," came to define the dream of what it means to be American.
Jun 10, 2024 · Members of St. Botolph’s church were prominent among those who set sail for Massachusetts Bay in April 1630, under their chosen leader John Winthrop on the Arbella, named for the daughter of Earl of Lincoln, who was aboard with her husband.
Jun 18, 2024 · John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans who founded Boston, a decade after their “spiritual cousins” (the Pilgrims) founded Plymouth. The Puritans had tried to work for the “purity” (hence the name “Puritans”) of the Church of England in their native homeland.
