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John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8–26 March 1649) was elected governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and on 8 April 1630 he led a large party from England for the New World.
Winthrop was extremely religious and ascribed fervently to the Puritan belief that the Anglican Church had to be cleansed of Catholic ritual.
Winthrop had been elected governor of the colony prior to departure, in 1629, and was re-elected many times.
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 John Winthrop -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Winthrop was the name of several prominent figures in colonial New England.
Winthrop was convinced that God would punish (A division of the United Kingdom) England for its heresy, and believed that English Puritans needed a shelter away from England where they could remain safe during the time of God's wrath.
As governor he was one of the least radical of the puritans trying to keep the number of executions for heresy to a minimum and working to prevent the implementation of such innovations as veiling women, which many Puritans supported.
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 Encyclopedia: Massachusetts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Hancock was the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Winthrop is the name of some places in the United States of America: Winthrop, Maine Winthrop, Massachusetts Winthrop, Minnesota In Australia: Winthrop, Western Australia Winthrop is also part of the name of: John Winthrop This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share...
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: John D. Rockefeller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Davidson Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York, the second of the six children to William Avery Rockefeller (November 13, 1810 - May 11, 1906) and his wife Eliza Davison (September 12, 1813 - March 28, 1889).
His great-grandson Jay Rockefeller (John D. Rockefeller IV), a former governor of West Virginia, is currently a member of the U.S. Senate.
John D. Rockerduck, a Walt Disney Company character who is popular in Europe, is named after him, because of all of his good deeds.
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John Wimber (born February 25, 1934 in Peoria, Illinois, died November 17, 1997) was the founder of
He was raised in a non-religious family and became a Christian in May 1963 after some years as keyboard player in the band The Righteous Brothers.
John Wimber became a leader in the Charismatic Movement and was a well-known
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John Curtis (born September 3, 1978) is an English Association Football (soccer) player, born in Nuneaton, England.
According to St. John's words with the first cover she wanted to express there was nothing between her and her music and that she also wanted to promote classical music among broader audience, especially young people.
But in contrast to them, St. John always took the music very seriously, at all of her recitals she was dressed "appropriately" and apart from those two covers no other "shocking" photos were recorded.
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Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow (1811 – 29 September 1873) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.
After Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote relieved Commander John Rodgers in command of the Western Flotilla, he requested that Winslow be sent west to assist him as executive officer.
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 Harvard University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It was founded on September 8 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest post-secondary school in the United States.
Nine of the Houses are situated along or close to the northern banks of the Charles River.
The remainder of the residential Houses are located in the Radcliffe Quadrangle, half a mile northeast of Harvard Yard, and housed Radcliffe College students until Radcliffe merged its residential system with Harvard.
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Through his ruthless business tactics, Rockefeller guided Standard Oil to be the largest oil refining business in the world, and was for a time himself the richest man in the United States.
John Davison Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York, the second of the six children to William Avery Rockefeller (November 13, 1810 - May 11, 1906) and his wife Eliza Davison (September 12, 1813 - March 28, 1889).
His great-grandson Jay Rockefeller (John D. Rockefeller IV) is currently a member of the U.S. Senate.
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 John D. Rockefeller - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American capitalist most known for his role in the early petroleum industry and the founding of Standard Oil (ExxonMobil is the largest of its descendants).
The youngest of the five children was his only son John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
While he had always given money to charities in accordance with his strong Baptist beliefs, his public reputation while he was active in business was strongly negative.
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 Boston, Massachusetts's article at Wowla Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The City on a Hill came from the original Massachusetts Bay Colony's governor John Winthrop's goal to create the biblical "City on a Hill." It also refers to Boston's original three hills.
Massachusetts Bay Colony's original governor, John Winthrop, gave a famous sermon entitled "a City upon a Hill," which captured the idea that Boston had a special covenant with God.
Near the John Hancock Tower is the old John Hancock Building with its prominent weather forecast beacon.
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Winthrop is the name of some places in the United States of America:
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page.
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Winthrop's sermon, "a City upon a Hill," captured this idea.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams were early U.S. Presidents.
John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for President in 2004, maintains a home in Boston.
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 John Winthrop
[[Image Link]] John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8–26 March 1649) was elected governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and on 8 April 1630 he led a large party from England for the New World.
Winthrop was convinced that God would punish England for its heresy, and believed that English Puritans needed a shelter away from England where they could remain safe during the time of God's wrath.
Other Puritans who believed likewise obtained a royal charter for the Massachusetts Bay Company.
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 Harvard Article, Harvard Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The earliest known officialreference to Harvard as a "university" rather than a " college " occurred in the new Massachusetts constitution of 1780.
Nine of the Houses are situated along or close to the northern banks of the Charles River and so are known colloquially as the River Houses.
Winthrop House, more officially called John Winthrop House,named for two famous men of that name: MassachusettsBay Colony founder John Winthrop and his great-great-great-grandson John Winthrop, 2nd Hollis Professor ofMathematics and Natural Philosophy
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The siege was initiated by the Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant with the aim of gaining control of the Mississippi River by capturing this Confederate riverfront stronghold and defeating John C. Pemberton's forces stationed there.
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It collapsed on August 8August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining.
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 American exceptionalism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
They believed God had made a covenant with their and had chosen them to lead the nations of the earth.
One Puritan leader John Winthrop expressed this idea with the metaphor a " City on a Hill " - that the Puritan community of England should serve as a model community the rest of the world.
Although the Protestant worldview of the United New England ancestors were later mixed with those the Middle Colonies and the South their moralistic and paternalistic values remained part of the national for centuries and arguably remain so today.
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 Boston, Massachusetts articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Boston is also the Federal government of the United StatesUnited States federal government center for New England.
The city also serves as the home of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit as well as the headquarters of the 1st District of the Federal Reserve Bank of BostonFederal Reserve.
Near the John Hancock Tower is the John Hancock Tower#The Berkeley Building (the "old John Hancock Building")old John Hancock Building with its prominent weather forecast beacon.
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It is by far the largest city in Westchester County.css"; /**/ :Links to (disambiguation) pages From, the free encyclopedia.Yonkers is directly on the New York city line, bordering the Riverdale, Woodlawn, and Wakefield sections of the Bronx.
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Bus service is provided by the Westchester County Bee-Line Bus System.The Rabbit - student newspaper.
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