AML 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Of Plymouth Plantation, Richard Clyfton, The Hireling
5 Sep 2019
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Leading member of the english company that established jamestown. Fought against the ottomans in dutch war. "virginia, new england, and the summer isles", "new england"s trials" Wrote the first sustained treatment of new england"s early history, helped shape enduring cultural narratives about the small settlement that a group of religious dissenters known as the. Pilgrims established on the mass. coast in 1620. Heavily inspired by richard clyfton (nonconformist), left home and joined his community. Tells different version of conflict between colonists and native americans. Celebrated native americans, making him an enemy of puritans. Came from a prominent family of bay colony ministers. Bay in new england", became governor for much of the decade. Preeminent figure associated w/ freedom of conscience and religious liberty in early new. Banished from the mass bay colony for spreading opinions that the colony"s leadership considered dangers, he went on to build rhode island into a model of inclusive self-government.
