The Life of John Winthrop in Colonial America
Title: The Life of John Winthrop in Colonial America
Category: /History/North American History
Details: Words: 1211 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Life of John Winthrop in Colonial America
Category: /History/North American History
Details: Words: 1211 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Puritanism grew to maturity in its native environment before it was brought to America. It taught men and women how to honor God and deal justly with one another, how to live fully on earth and prepare bravely for heaven. In fact, in colonial America, many were aware of the presence of the Lord and worshiped him in their homes and churches. Occasionally one of the people of Suffolk left his or her trim cottage
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freedom and individualism over conformity. In 1618 John married Margaret Tyndal, and they had more children. In 1629 he was persuaded to move to Massachusetts and serve as the governor of the colony. In 1630 he led a fleet of eleven ships to the shores of New England and chose a site on a hilly peninsula in Massachusetts Bay, which the Puritans named Boston. He was elected governor sixteen times during the twenty-four years that he lived there.