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mestny [16]
3 years ago
5

Why did Puritans refer to their settlement as a "City on a Hill"?

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Sophie [7]3 years ago
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Answer:

Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans that their new community would be "as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us", meaning, if the Puritans failed to uphold their covenant with God, then their sins and errors would be exposed for all the world to see.

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