Origins of Xenophobia
The Mark of the Puritans on American Culture, 1620-1676
Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony
Mayflower
Compact
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Thanksgiving
Winslow’s Letter
City Upon a Hill
by John Winthrop
Puritans & Yankees
by Richard S. Dunn
Origins of Puritan Separatism
Protestant
Reformation
Intolerance & Conformity
Psalms 2:8
Romans 13:2
Williams &
Hutchinson
God’s Caress
by Charles Lloyd Cohen
Scarlet Letter
N. Hawthorne
School Upon a Hill
by James Axtell
Worlds of Wonder
by David D. Hall
Salem Witch Trials
Night Battles
by Carlo Ginzburg
Stratified
Society
Half-Way
Covenant
King Philip’s War
1675-1676
King William’s War
1689-1697
Devil in the Shape of Women
by Carol F. Karlsen
Pequot War
1634-37
Worlds of Wonder
by David D. Hall
Sovereigns for Sarah
by PBS
“In the name of God…We…solemnly
and mutually in the presence of God
and one of another, covenant and
combine ourselves together into a civill body
politick, for our better ordering and preservation,
and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue
hereof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just
and equall laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and
offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most
meete and convenient for the generall good of the
Colonie unto which we promise all due submission
and obedience….”
- Mayflower Compact, 1620
“Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that we might, after a
special manner, rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors…At which
time…many Indians coming amongst us…[including] Massasoit, with some 90 men, whom for
three days we entertained and feasted, and they went and killed five deer, which
they…bestowed on our governor.”
- letter, Edward Winslow, 1622
“…wee must uphold a familiar Commerce together in all meekenes, gentlenes, patience and liberallity,
wee must delight in eache other, make others Condicions our owne rejoyce together, mourne together,
labour, and suffer together, allwayes haveing before our eyes our Commission and Community in the
worke, our Community as members of the same body, soe shall wee keepe the unitie of the spirit in the
bond of peace, the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us, as his owne people and will
commaund a blessing upon us in all our wayes…for wee must Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a
Hill, the eies of all people are uppon us…But if our heartes shall turne away soe that wee will not obey,
but shall be seduced and worshipp other Gods our pleasures, and proffitts, and serve them, it is
propounded unto us this day, wee shall surely perishe out of the good Land…”
John Winthrop, A City Upon A Hill, 1630
“splendid isolation”
“we must Consider
that we shall be as
a Citty upon a Hill,
the eies of all
people are upon
us…”
“Ask of me, and I shall give thee, the heathen for
thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the
earth for thy possession.”
Psalms, 2:8
“Whosoever therefore resisteth the power,
resisteth the ordinance of God: and they
that resist shall receive to themselves
damnation.”
Romans 13:2
“a thing not tolerable nor comely in the sight of
God nor fitting” of her “sex” who had “troubled
the peace of the commonwealth.”
John Winthrop, Examination of Anne
Hutchinson, 1637
“It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men
from the knowledge of the Scriptures…It is therefore ordered, that
ever township in this jurisdiction…shall then forthwith appoint one
within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to
write and read…”
General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, School Act, Nov. 1647
Pequot War, 1634-1638
Origins of Xenophobia
The Mark of the Puritans on American Culture, 1620-1676
Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony
Mayflower
Compact
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Thanksgiving
Winslow’s Letter
City Upon a Hill
by John Winthrop
Puritans & Yankees
by Richard S. Dunn
Origins of Puritan Separatism
Protestant
Reformation
Intolerance & Conformity
Psalms 2:8
Romans 13:2
Williams &
Hutchinson
God’s Caress
by Charles Lloyd Cohen
Scarlet Letter
N. Hawthorne
School Upon a Hill
by James Axtell
Worlds of Wonder
by David D. Hall
Salem Witch Trials
Night Battles
by Carlo Ginzburg
Stratified
Society
Half-Way
Covenant
King Philip’s War
1675-1676
King William’s War
1689-1697
Devil in the Shape of Women
by Carol F. Karlsen
Pequot War
1634-37
Worlds of Wonder
by David D. Hall
Sovereigns for Sarah
by PBS