1. A City Upon A Hill
"A City Upon A Hill" In 1629 a group of Puritans, who were being prosecuted in England, came to form a colony called Massachusetts Bay Colony. ... John Winthrop said Massachusetts Bay Colony was "a city upon a hill." ... John Winthrop also said that their colony was "a beacon to mankind." ... Many colonies back in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were just fighting for survival. ... America still to this day thinks they are the "city upon a hill." ...
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- Grade Level: High School