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John Winthrop & American Expansion
City Upon a Hill
What were the major causes and effects of various expansionary times in U.S. history - i.e., territorially,
economically and or politically? *documents: John Winthrop's City Upon A Hill,
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
Puritans were a Calvinist sect of the Church of England who wanted to eliminate all Catholic vestiges of the Anglican Church. They wanted to “purify’ the church and eliminate the Episcopal structure and teaching authority of the church.
King James I was a high Anglican and worked to keep much of the Catholic tradition in the Church of England. Charles believed in the “Divine Right of Kings” and persecuted Protestant sects (along with Roman Catholics). Frustrated Puritans looked to move elsewhere.
Wealthy Puritans, such as John Winthrop, looked to settle on English plantations
in subjugated Ireland.
Instead, in 1629 they formed the Massachusetts Bay Company to fund the expedition and settlement of a
Puritan colony in North America.
In Massachusetts, the Puritans hoped to create a society
based on the teachings of the Bible and totally in line with God’s Divine will for all
humankind.
The new society would serve as a model for England and all of Europe.
They considered the English Civil War to overthrow Charles (1642-1648) to be proof that their Holy Society had worked and had inspired
others to act.
City Upon a Hill
The Root of American Exceptionalism
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Lesson Preparation Process
A Teaching Primary Sources
Activity
Read the document
Evaluate its intent
Affects future events, issues, or behaviors
Fingerprint the effects through your
curriculum
Evaluate the Document
Author- Who was the person or persons writing it?Reason- Why did he, she, or they write it? What was its purpose?Time- When was the Document written?IImmediate effects- What happened as a direct result of this document? Subsequent effects- What later events could claim the document as a
cause or inspiration? To whom- Who was the intended audience? (Also, what audiences
listened to it since?)
Research where the document Affected
subsequent events, issues, behaviors, and people
Mark the Document’s Fingerprints on other points in
History: American Revolution
Abolitionism
Mexican War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
World Wars I & II
Civil Rights
Peace Corps
Cold War
War on Terror
in future lessons to show students continuity and contrasts in history
