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22 Cards in this Set
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Who is writing and who is the recipient? |
John Winthrop is writing to England while aboard |
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What is the name of the boat their on |
Arbella |
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What is his role? |
He is the govenor of the Massechusetts Bay Colony and a Puritan bishop |
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When did he write this |
1630 |
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What are the circumstances that caused him to write |
Lack of trust and being pushed out by King Charles 1 John goes to Massechusetts with his followers on Arbella and writes this sermon in order to inform England on his plans to build a new community and way of life in the colonies. |
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What do he want the people in England to do |
Exhibit charity and mercy to all the members of the community and treat everyone how they would like to be treated |
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What is the impact of the letter |
During the 1630s, more than 20,000 Puritans migrated to the New England area, and Winthrop's sermon remained an influential guide |
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What did John tell his followers |
the colony would be a "city upon a hill |
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What example did the city upon a hill set |
purity and righteousness that would influence the world. |
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Who is John Winthrop |
Puritan Layman, eventual governor of MA Bay Colony; City on the Hill Speech |
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What did the puritans want |
They wanted to purify Christianity and get back to its Bible roots during the Protestant reformation |
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What was the war of roses |
War in England about Religion that drove the Puritans to go to MA |
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What did John say in the opening of his speech |
God needs leaders and followers (rich and poor people) |
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What are the reasons for the speech |
preserve good of the whole, wealthy will help poor people, humans do God's work, depend on each other (brotherly love), need both head and hands for a body to work |
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What are the closing four points |
the persons (Puritans), the work (what they'll do), the end (how Massachusetts will be), the means (how they'll do it) |
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What does Winthrop believe is the way to build a perfect society? |
Begin practice of love 2. Logical conscience of all 3. Present in the lives of all |
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What did John Winthrop mean when he said A City Upon A Hill |
all eyes would watch them as a model |
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Who did John give his speech to and what was it about |
the emigrants about a perfect society |
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What are the main ideas discussed in John Winthrops speech? |
Natural order of society - Moral law vs. Law of Grace - Building a perfect society |
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What were John Winthrops 3 reasons for writing the speech? |
To hold conformity and service to god - To control evil and maintain peace between the rich and the poor - To create a bond of brotherly love- equality among men of honor unless by the grace of god |
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What did John Winthrop believe about the rich and poor? |
Rich must show mercy to the poor - Poor must do justice to the rich - Rich should view riches from a gift from god |
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What is the Puritan belief as told by John Winthrop? |
Adam stole himself away from God and the puritans need to restore gods trust - God will punish those who do not please him |