... young men of rich decent. There were very few families. They were not united, and many of them tried to go back to England after encountering hardships in the New World as mentioned by John Smith. (Doc F) Many colonists died when the corporations that brought them there left them to fend for themselves. They encountered many dangers, including Dutch and Indian ... those in New England. Their society was completely different from that in New England. They were for slavery, and it became a big part of their tobacco-growing economy. They had a materialistic, cash crop based economy, and th...

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... regions had differences in community, society, and religion, among other things. In addition to that, the founders of each colony had different reasons for establishing their colony in the New World. New England became a safe refuge for separatists fleeing religious persecution in England. They were seeking a place to freely practice their beliefs. They wanted to establish a "pure" community as John Winthrop ... young men of rich decent. There were very few families. They were not united, and many of them tried to go back to England after encountering hardships in the New World as menti...

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... area where he said, "We shall be as a city upon a hill." Winthrop believed that America had to be the light to the rest of the world and that people need to learn to do good in a world full of evil. Throughout the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, and the Civil Rights Movement, many brave individuals made contributions to help society by proving ... time for America. The stock market was crashing, banks were failing, and many people were homeless or unemployed. Some began to question the capitalist system and whether or not the economy would ever recover. However, during his first ...

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... rapidly. Even as Winthrop became absorbed in a career of law and the management of Groton, his concern for religion increased. His central problem was how to live in the real world without loving wordly pleasures too much. And the most important part was to love god above everything else. Winthrop and his fellows believed that it was their duty to make ... the world as godly as possible. In 1603 James I succeeded Queen Elizabeth, and religious dissenters hoped the change meant greater sympathy for their cause. However in January 1604 at Hampton court, made ... of Massachusetts by the g...

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... to try and find religious freedom. As shown is document 7, the Puritans came to Massachusetts for religious freedom led by John Winthrop. They were treated very badly by the "evil world". England had many homeless and jobless people. The wages were extremely low and were hard to support one person, not to mention a family. The people in the new colonies defiantly ... had the better bargain with jobs. As shown in documents 3 and 6, the economy was great. Document there states that "a poor person, both men and women of all kinds, can get 3x the wages for there labor they can get in Englan...

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What exactly is a "city on a hill" many consider it to be a perfect society, but overall nothing in this world that's human at least, can be perfect. So maybe a "city on a hill" is a society that strives for perfection but in the end will never reach there goal, not because they ... Americans today. What we think of as a "city on a hill" is a lot different from what the Puritans considered a "city on a hill." A perfect society for America today would be based on economy, technology, and equality, as for Puritans it was based on hard work and religion. America inherited the idea that in some ...

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