John Winthrop: Puritan Leader

John Winthrop: Puritan Leader

John Winthrop

John Winthrop was an English Puritan lawyer and founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Leading the 1630 migration aboard the Arbella, his "City upon a Hill" speech established a Vision of religious community and exceptionalism that shaped early New England government and society.

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Year John Winthrop
1588
Birth of John Winthrop (Period: January 12, 1588 (Old Style), Location: Edwardstone, Suffolk, England)
1636
Pequot War (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1636–1638, Location: Present-day Connecticut and Massachusetts Area)
1649
Death of John Winthrop (Age: 61 years old, Period: March 26, 1649)

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