TALKIN’ BOUT LIBERTY
Winthrop, The
Puritans, and
expanding
Colonial
settlements
DEFINITION OF LIBERT Y:
¡ lib·er·ty (lbr-t)n. pl. lib·er·ties
§  1. a. The condition of being free from restriction or
control.
§ b. The right and power to act, believe, or express
oneself in a manner of one's own choosing.
§ c. The condition of being physically and legally free
from confinement, servitude, or forced labor.
LIBERT Y, ENGLISH PERSPECTIVE:
¡  Land was the basis of liberty.
§  Can be traced back to Medieval representation of “limited freedoms”
given to noblemen rule by a king. (usually dominion over their
manor/land)
§  Desire to set sail to the New World was always routed in the idea of
gaining, owning, and living on land of your own (if you were an
Englishman).
JOHN WINTHROP
¡  Governor, Massachusetts.
¡  Preached “Moral Liberty” and not “Natural Liberty”
MORAL LIBERT Y
NATURAL LIBERT Y
ENGLISH COLONIES, 1607-1636
COLONY
DATE EST.
SPONSOR
FOUNDER
MAJOR
RELIGION
Virginia
1607
Virginia
Company
John Smith
Anglican
Plymouth
1620
English
investors
William
Bradford
Pilgrims
Mass. Bay
Company
John Winthrop
Puritans/
Massachusetts 1630
Congregationalists
Maryland
1632
Proprietary
colony
Cecilius Calvert Catholic,
Protestant
Rhode Island
1636
Royal Charter
Roger Williams All religions
Connecticut
1636
Royal Charter
Thomas
Hooker
Puritans/
Congregationalists
FOR THE ENGLISH, LAND WAS
THE BASIS OF LIBERTY.
EXPLAIN THE REASONING
BEHIND THAT CONCEPT AND
HOW IT WAS MARKEDLY
DIFFERENT FROM THE
INDIANS’ CONCEPT OF LAND.
ESSENTIAL
QUESTION.