1 gen 1629 anni - Massachusettes Bay Colony

Descrizione:

•Puritain
• John Winthrop
• Great Migration (1629-1643)
– 17,000 to New England
– 41,000 to Caribbean
• "City Upon a Hill"
• Freemen (has had conversion ceremony)
– Voting rights only allowed to freemen
•Protestant Ethic
– Thrift and Hard Work


Home to many Puritans who left England because of the persecution they faced from the Anglican Church.
History:
Developed into a theocracy in which the church was central to all decisions; became the first English colony to establish the basis for a representative government.
Leaders:
John Winthrop - Envisioned the colony as a "City upon a Hill."

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