They felt the church was corrupt, and didn't follow the Bible closely. ... The Puritans interpreted every single part of the Bible literally. ... The colony became a Bible Commonwealth. ... The fact that Anne Hutchinson was a clergyman's daughter didn't minimize the blasphemous attitude with which Puritan ministers viewed her attempts to review and reinterpret their sermons. ... Did the Puritans really think she was a heretic, and acted strictly by the Bible? ...

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In this paper I will review who Anne Hutchinson is, what she had done, the threat she imposed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and how the trial was an ordeal for her and the community. ... She began her involvement with religion by using the only book available to her, the Bible. She had noticed that the male members of the church were meeting regularly after sermons to discuss the Bible, so she started to hold her own meetings for women in her home. ... Hutchinson preached that people could communicate directly with God without the help of ministers or the Bible. ... Local ministers tau...

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-By the spring of 1621 half the colony was dead -Two natives Squanto and Samoset helped the colony survive by introducing native strains of corn and setting up a treaty between the Indians and the colony -The Pilgrims set up a government based on their Mayflower Compact -A governor and several assistants were elected annually by all the adult males in the colony -The colony had no royal approval but there were bigger problems to deal with -in 1625 Charles I inherited the crown and when parliament tried tot limit his power he dissolved parliament -England granted a charter for th...

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