A_Diversity_Of_Colonists

A Diversity Of Colonists When many of the settlers came over to New England, they had Puritan beliefs. John Winthrop, was the first governor of New England in the Massachusetts colony. According to Winthrop, God had entered into a covenant with the Puritans, just as they had entered into a covenant with one another. They had all taken risks coming to Boston, and they were going to find out if they could build a community based on the word of God (Boydston, 78). In Winthrop’s speech, “We shall be a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us,” he is saying that they will be a role model community and will have to live up to the expectations (Winthrop, 72). In order for their society to work, everyone would have to work together through thick and thin. By entering this covenant, the settlers had to establish a government and distribute the land that they held collectively (Boydston, 79). Social class was also important as the rich and powerful were supposed to take care of the poor and powerless. Town meetings were also held and people were elected to be in charge. people, colony, penn, england, children, boydston, boat, witchcraft, winthrop, plantations, pennsylvania, parents, off, new, home, gottlieb, god, first, covenant, came, being, according, work, women, upon, timber, through, someone, settlers, saying, role, reasons, prayer, pay, own