1. To what extent were the prosecution of Anne Hutchinson, the exile of Roger Williams, King Philip’s War, and the convictions in the Salem Witch Trials a corruption or a preservation of the “city upon a hill”?

2. Puritan Beliefs and Values
Predestination
Success and good works were possible signs of salvation but not its cause
Church hierarchy unnecessary
Each congregation governed itself
One could lead a holy life and still profit financially
Bible is a complete guide to life = literacy
Social reciprocity (rich had obligation to poor; poor had obligation to obey)
Protestant work ethic (Idleness is a sin)
Patriarchal

3. Anne Hutchinson Antinomianism challenged Puritan patriarchy
banished from Massachusetts Bay

4. Roger Williams
Williams believed that soul liberty and freedom of conscience were gifts from God, and thought freedom of religion a natural right, which demanded that church and state be separated.
Condemned King’s charters; illegitimate claims to Indian lands
exiled; founded Rhode Island

5. King Philip’s War 1675-1678 deadliest war in American history
NE population and economy decimated
ends Indian resistance in New England
development of a solely American identity

6. Salem Witch Trials
20 individuals, mostly women accused of witchcraft are hung
Puritan leaders trying to regain control over the populace?
“The Salem witchcraft was the rock on which the theocracy shattered.”