John Winthrop who was the governor states that their goal was to form "a city upon a hill", which represented a "pure" community, where Christianity would be pursued in the most correct behavior (Document A).This shows that the people of New England would work and solve problems together. On the other hand, with the lack of unity in the Chesapeake region, many of them tried to go back to England after encountering hardships in the New World as mentioned by John Smith. ...

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John Winthrop explained to incoming settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that they would be a model of future settlements and must act as a "city upon a hill" and "work as one man" as God would want them to. ... John Winthrop knew that the settlers would agree, because if they did not cooperate, it would be disobeying what God wanted for the colony. ... Captain John Smith explained how on the voyage to Virginia, there was only talk about how each person was going to strike gold and become wealthy, rather than create a successful colony. ... John Winthrop set a foundatio...

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