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Can the Puritans build their "city upon a hill" in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Reached New World in 1630
Led by John Winthrop and Dudley
Puritans in power in New England!

Came to build “a city upon a hill” (We promised God!)
Self-righteous, they thought they followed God’s will (Hey – we’re not flawed!)
Hutchinson and Williams must go
Fighting Indians in King Philip’s War

Puritan white land-owning males
Ruled towns govs, put Quakers in jails

More prepared so more of them survived (Not a Jamestown Part II)
An economy of shipping helped them thrive (Lumber sales, too!)
Contained cities like Boston (Known as Beantown)
Absorbed Plymouth in 1691 (Pilgrims!)

Massachusetts Bay Colony
Great Migrating across the sea
Had limited democracy
Puritans in power
In New England!