HIST-UA 651 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anne Hutchinson, Puritans, Theocracy
23 Aug 2016
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Pilgrims and puritans and how they were both similar and different. Bay colony to serve as example to entire world: city upon a hill : everyones eyes would be on them, set example. Similar: both came for religious freedom, but denied it to others different, pilgrims wanted to separate, puritans wanted to purify church, puritans more wordly, pilgrims more simplistic, pilgrims agricultural, puritans crafts and trades. Massachusetts bay colony was a puritan colony , member of puritan church religious differences were not tolerated those with different religious views were persecuted. John wintrop imagined a society they build where religion is accepted: governor seemed like an editor; theocracy, can"t separate religion from government. Puritans believed that the church should be involved in the state, and they persecuted other religions. Pilgrims would not let anymore into their settlements, which is a form of religious persecution.
