US History Essay During the seventeenth century, the Puritans landed in New England to form the Massachusetts Bay colony. John Winthrop, the first Governor of the colony, saw the place as a political and religious refuge. He described it as “a city upon a hill.” In England, the Puritans were not free to practice their faith and were persecuted by the Anglican Church. The Puritans wanted to create an ideal society where they could practice …showed first 75 words of 426 total…

…showed last 75 words of 426 total…codes of the Puritan society. As a result, Hutchinson was banned from Boston in 1638. This event proved that the Puritans did not create the “perfect model society” they had hoped for. The Puritans came to the New World hoping to run away from the strict laws that the British put on them. They mostly achieved what they were looking for except for the fact that they put restriction on some of the laws. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**