Puritan politician, lawyer, and lay theologian John Winthrop fled England in 1630 when it looked like Charles I had successfully blocked all hopes of passing Puritan-inspired reforms in Parliament. Leading a migration, he came to New England in the hopes of creating an ideal Puritan community and eventually became the governor of Massachusetts. Winthrop is remembered for his role in the Puritan migration to the colonies and for delivering what is probably the most famous lay sermon in American history, "A Model of Christian Charity." In it he proclaimed that New England would be "a city upon a hill"--an example for future colonies. In John Winthrop: Founding the City upon a Hill, Michael Parker examines the political and religious history of this iconic figure. In this short biography, bolstered by letters, sermons, and maps, John Winthrop introduces students to the colonial world, the Pequot Wars, and the history of American Exceptionalism.
America's Forgotten Founding Father Francis J. Bremer ... For a discussion of whether Maverick owned slaves before 1630 see Lorenzo Greene , The Negro in Colonial New England ( New York : Atheneum , 1969 ) , 16 . 51. WJ , 246 . 52.
M Ley's informant could have been Thomas Brooke, who arrived in 1635, settled at Watertown, and later was constable and deputy at Concord; or his brother Richard Brooke, who came on the same ship in 1635 and settled at Lynn (Pope, 71).
A study approaching John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts, as a literary artist rather than a historian. The author examines the governor's writings in their political, social and theological contexts,...
Life and Letters of John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts-Bay Company at Their Emigration to New England
A biography of John Winthrop, religious leader and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who worked hard and passed groundbreaking new laws while trying to protect Puritan beliefs.
The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop
In Prospero's America, Walter W. Woodward examines the transfer of alchemical culture to America by John Winthrop, Jr., one of English colonization's early giants.
13 Centuries later James Truslow Adams was discovering , as various hard - liners in the Bay Colony had learned , that Winthrop's personality had a way of undoing precisionists of any stripe . With such chapter titles as β An English ...
Life and Letters of John Winthrop: Governor of the Massachusetts-Bay Company at Their Emigration to New England, 1630
This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more.