Winthrop

Starting a colony is not an easy accomplishment, but John Winthrop proved that he was capable of gathering people, taking them to a new country and settling in a town. John Winthrop was a good leader. He was raised in a wealthy family and his father was an excellent businessman. Winthrop was following into his father’s footsteps which lead to taking over his father’s business. Attending college at the age of 17 converted Winthrop into a great leader and noble hard worker. Having these characteristics really helped Winthrop to build the colony and governed it. His first act was when Charles I became king and his wife was a catholic. King Charles I was persecuting many Puritans, which made the Puritans worry and not feel safe. Winthrop quickly…

In “A Model of Christian Charity,” by John Winthrop, he delivers a sermon to the Puritans as they are aboard the Arbella; the Puritans are traveling to America, so they could break apart from England and start their own church. His sermon is regarding the “city upon a hill” that waits for them in America. Winthrop suggests to the Puritans that the key to salvation is to remain pure to their God. In order for them to stay pure to God, they should have absolute unity amongst them, which he…

John Winthrop, Jonathan Edwards, and Thomas Paine were all writers who called for their audiences to denounce their previous actions and live according to certain ideals in order to reach their desired destination: in the case of Winthrop and Edwards, that destination was reunion and harmony with God; in Paine’s case, he needed to persuade his audience to continue to fight through their God-given advantages so that America would defeat England. All three writers attempted to persuade their…

Analysis Essay: "A Model of Christian Charity" In 1630, Puritan layman and leader John Winthrop delivered a sermon to the Puritan people on board the ship Arbella while en route to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Unbeknownst to him or those in attenedence, his sermon would go down in history and serve as a defining literary example of American colonization. The main purpose of his speech can be linked to preparing the puritans on how to develop a new society in a dangerous environment. During the…

Two different locations were examined: the Winthrop Lake and the Winthrop golf course. Both areas are located at the Winthrop Recreational Complex, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The experiment was formed to determine the amount of species richness in both general areas. The hypothesis that was formed stated: that the Winthrop Lake area would have a greater amount of species diversity than the golf course area based on effects of temperature, wind speed, and local habits. When going into these…

The distinction between the two is that class of poor people often resides with William Bradford since he also came from a deprived family, as well as uneducated people, and later settled in Plymouth. On the other hand, the remaining Puritans were ruled by John Winthrop which is joined by people who are in the upper-middle class which has the position to be taught and trained in schools. These Puritans have operated their function and became residents of Boston. Thus, the main difference between…

discusses issues that mostly agree with Johnson. Winthrop begins his letter by making multiple religious references such as, “the work of the lord in our hands” and “among the special favours of God towards us”. He believes just what Johnson said, the Puritans goal was to “create his kingdom on earth”. WInthrop then goes on to describe how the colony is in good health and there are no disease, the supplies are abundant and they even have a backup plan incase their suppliers fail. He describes…

Winthrop compares an individual as one part of a body, serving God. He felt that individuals within a community should live with one another, in harmony. The bond between Christians should be like the love of a mother and her child; loving and not expecting anything to come of it. Love is not imaginary, and is necessary to the being a part of the body of Christ. He felt that compared the need for love in a community to ligaments being necessary to the body. He said “this love is a divine,…

Jurist, colonial administrator and North American chronicler, born in Edwardstone, Suffolk (England) on January 12, 1588 and died in Boston on March 26, 1649. Winthrop began his law studies at Cambridge, which he abandoned before obtaining a bachelor's degree. Married in 1605. Later he graduated in law and began to practice as judge of peace in 1609. Along with a group of leading English Puritans, Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay Company and, once obtained the privilege of Carlos I to…

The Franklin, Wheatley, and Winthrop wrote in very different styles however they seem to have a common message of encouragement. Winthrop and Wheatley seemed to have a religious aspect on their motivations whereas Franklin’s motivation was to be successful. Throughout the Autobiography of Ben Franklin, the poems by Wheatley and the thesis by Winthrop we see inspiration, motivation, determination, and perseverance which is the premise of the American Dream. Phillis Wheatley Wrote poems that I…