Led by John Smith and other survivors of the voyage over, the settlers flourished. ... John Winthrope founded the "city on a hill" plan, which in ways represented a "pure" community. ... John Smith's History of Virginia showed that while the wealthy few aboard the boat heading to Virginia bought up and kept most of the food, the poor were left to die. ... John Smith, immediately moving up the ranks took over and took control of the people. ...

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They wanted to establish a "pure" community as John Winthrop, the future governor of Massachusetts mentioned. ... As John Smith mentioned in the History of Virginia, many of the colonists were seeking gold. ... They were not united, and 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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They wanted to establish a "pure" community as John Winthrop, the future governor of Massachusetts mentioned. ... As John Smith mentioned in the History of Virginia, many of the colonists were seeking gold. ... They were not united, and 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 wrote in A Model of Christian Charity that, "we must be knit together in this work as one man," and that, "we must delight in each other, make others" conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, our community as members of the same body." ... John Winthrop wanted the Massachusetts Bay colony to be, "A city upon a hill. ... Captain John Smith in History of Virginia wrote that, "those of us that had money, spare clothes, credit to give bills of payment, gold rings, fur, or ...

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When John Smith, a key leader in keeping Virginia alive, said to his colonists "No work, no food" the colonists took control and began a new life. ... John Rolfe found a way for the colonists to succeed when he stole tobacco from the W. ... As a result of the cash crop John Rolfe brought to the colony, the people set up large plantations, which were run by farmers. ... The Southern colonies chose a poor location to start off with because it was on a swamp, yet they managed to pull it together with the help of John Smith and John Rolfe. With the help of John Rolfe, tobacco became a cash crop...

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For an example, on document A John Winthrop says that his goal was to create a Christian utopia for everyone to look up to, "a city upon a hill" At that time religion was a large part of the government. ... For an example, In document F, John Smith explains the beliefs of the Chesapeake colonist by saying, "Those of us that had money, spare clothes, credit to give bills of payment, gold rings, fur, or any such commodities, were ever welcome to purchase supplies, the rest of us patiently obeyed our vile commanders and bought our provisions at fifteen times the value". ...

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John Winthrop 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 manner. ... John Winthrop 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 manner. ... As John Smith mentions in his History of Virginia, many sought gold. ... As John Smith points out, many attempted to go back when they found difficulties instead of opportunities to get rich. ...

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John Smith and company had come to stay. ... The leader in this colony was John Smith. ... Boston was founded by John Winthrop in 1630, also for religious freedom. New Hampshire's settlement town was Portsmouth It was founded in 1630 by John Mason. ...

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The New England Colonies and the Massachusetts Bay Colony came under the tremendous leadership of John Winthrop shortly after the commencement of the Great Migration. ... (Document A) John Winthrop's, Model of a Christian Charity, is a reliable document because it was he who steadfastly governed the colony for just over twenty years. ... (Document G) The tremendous and religiously biased leadership of John Winthrop; contrasted against the incapable leadership, which lacked any religious philosophy, is s large reason that the two colonial regions became two distinct societies by 1700. ...

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John Smith who played a significant role in the colonial settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. ... John Winthrop, who was a Puritan minister, was chosen as the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company. ...

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In the document, John Smith discussed how men who could go to America had the wealth and the means to do so. ... In the document, Smith referred to the settlers as "Gold Miners" looking for wealth. ... In "document A", John Winthrop proposed the idea of how people should conduct themselves in the New England colonies; he called it A Model of Christian Charity. ...

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In the document, John Smith discussed how men who could go to America had the wealth and the means to do so. ... In the document, Smith referred to the settlers as "Gold Miners" looking for wealth. ... In "document A", John Winthrop proposed the idea of how people should conduct themselves in the New England colonies; he called it A Model of Christian Charity. ...

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These people that settled in the New England region brought along, according to Ship's List of Emigrants, John Porter, their families. ... This is fully supported by a historical account made by Captain John Smith, History of Virginia which states, "...there was no talk...but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold" and "...whereby with the extremity of the bitter cold frost...more than half of us died,". ...

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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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THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES The people who settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans called Pilgrims. They came over in 1620 and landed at Plymouth. Their ship was called The Mayflower. They settled in what is now Massachusetts.The Puritans came in the seventeenth century ...

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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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The people who settled in the New England Colonies were the Separatist Puritans called Pilgrims. They came over in 1620 and landed at Plymouth. Their ship was called The Mayflower. They settled in what is now Massachusetts.The Puritans came in the seventeenth century and wanted to gain religous free...

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