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John Winthrop was born in January 12 of 1587, and died in March 26.
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,
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was an English or Italian lawyer and one of
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the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony,
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the second major settlement in New England following
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my mouth colony.
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Winthrop led the first large wave of colonists from England
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in 1630
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And uh and served as governor for 12 of the colony's
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1st 20 years.
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His writings, ambitions
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of the colony as a Parisian
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city upon
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a hill
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dominated New England colonial development,
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influencing the governments and religions of
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neighboring colonies,
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writings and legacy.
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Winthrop rarely published in his lit healthy contribution
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was relative on present during his time.
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Yet he has spent his life continually producing writing
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accounts of historical events and religion's manifest manifestations.
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His major contributions to the
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literally work
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were a model of christian charity,
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a model of christian charity.
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It described the ideas and plans to keep the
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position society in faith as well as the strugglers
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that they will have
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to overcome in the new world.
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He used the phrase City upon hill to characterize the colonies and the world as a,
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as part of a special pack
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with God to create a holy
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community
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