The Trial of Anne Hutchinson Liberty, Law, and Intolerance in Puritan New England: Reacting to the Past

by Carnes, Mark C.; Winship, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9780321332288
• ISBN10: 0321332288
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-16
• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co

Summary

By recreating one of the most tumultuous and significant episodes in early American history,The Trial of Anne Hutchinson: Liberty, Law, and Intolerance in Puritan New Englandillustrates the struggle between the followers and allies of John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and those of Anne Hutchinson, a strong-willed and brilliant religious dissenter. Part of the "Reacting to the Past" series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. The game unfolds amidst a controversy that pushed Massachusetts to the brink of collapse and spurred a larger historical process that led to religious freedom and the modern concept of separation of church and state.

Table of Contents

Sin and Salvation	1	(4)
Introduction: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson	5	(2)
Maps	7	(2)
Map 1: Puritan Boston, 1637	7	(1)
Map 2: Puritan New England	8	(1)
The Game Itself	9	(2)
The Game Premise: A Counterfactual Hypothesis	9	(1)
Major Groups in the Game	9	(1)
About the Trial	10	(1)
Schedule of Classes	11	(4)
Class 1 (Preparatory Session A): Introduction and Election of Winthrop	12	(1)
Class 2 (Preparatory Session B): Discussion of Puritanism; Distribution of Roles	12	(1)
Class 3 (Preparatory Session C)	13	(1)
Class 4: Game Session #1	13	(1)
Boston Church: Sermon and Papers	13	(1)
General Court	14	(1)
Class 5: Game Session #2 (as above)	14	(1)
Class 6: Game Session #3 (as above)	14	(1)
Class 7: Game Session #4 (as above)	14	(1)
Class 8: Game Session #5 (as above)	15	(1)
Class 9: Game Session #6	15	(1)
Class 10: Post mortem Discussion	15	(1)
Game Rules	15	(3)
Oral Presentations	16	(1)
Disclosure Requirement	16	(1)
Secrecy Concerning Your Role	16	(1)
Assignments and Grades	17	(1)
Written Assignments	17	(1)
Working As a Team	17	(1)
Grades	17	(1)
Historical Background	18	(15)
Judaism and the Origins of Monotheism	18	(1)
The Rise of Christianity	18	(1)
Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation	19	(1)
The Protestant Reformation in England	20	(1)
John Winthrop and the Origins of the Massachusetts Bay Colony	21	(2)
The Difficult First Year in Massachusetts, 1630-1631	23	(1)
The Growth of the Colony After 1631	23	(2)
The Threat of Charter Revocation, 1634	25	(1)
The General Court Banishes Roger Williams, 1635	25	(1)
War with the Pequot Indians	26	(1)
Beginnings of the Crisis with Anne Hutchinson, 1636	26	(2)
Anne Hutchinson	26	(2)
John Cotton	28	(1)
Henry Vane and John Wheelwright Join the Dispute, 1635-1636	28	(1)
Fast Day, January 1637	29	(1)
Winthrop Defeats Vane as Governor, May 1637	30	(1)
``The Churches Are On Fire,'' Summer 1637	30	(31)
Wheelwright Banished, November 1637	31	(1)
First Trial of Anne Hutchinson	31	(1)
Was Hutchinson Guilty?	31	(2)
Strategies for Thinking Like a Puritan	33	(1)
Institutions of Massachusetts Puritanism	33	(6)
The Truth of the Bible and Error	33	(1)
The Massachusetts Government	34	(1)
The General Court as a Legal Court	34	(1)
Massachusetts Churches	34	(1)
Church-State Relationship	34	(1)
Puritanism and Women	35	(1)
Liberty	35	(1)
The Theology of Puritanism	36	(1)
Assurance of Salvation	36	(3)
Two Paths to Assurance of Salvation	39	(3)
For the Person Who Follows Winthrop and the Orthodox Ministers	39	(2)
For the Adherent of Anne Hutchinson's Views	41	(1)
Pro and Con Arguments	42	(4)
Winthrop and the Orthodox Ministers	42	(1)
The Ministers' Own Words (Against Hutchinson)	43	(1)
The Allies of Anne Hutchinson	44	(1)
The Ministers' Own Words (in Support of Hutchinson)	45	(1)
More Sources and a Warning	46	(1)
Another Perspective	46	(1)
Terms to Memorize	47	(2)
Immigrants and Indeterminates	49	(3)
Strategy Advisory: Persuading the Newcomers	49	(1)
Questioning Immigrants Who Seek to Become Members of the Boston Church	49	(3)
APPENDIX A: INTRODUCTION TO THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE	52	(13)
The Bible, Puritanism, and You	52	(1)
The Geneva Bible and the King James Bible	53	(1)
The Old Testament	53	(6)
The First Five Books	53	(2)
The ``Historical Books''	55	(1)
The ``Wisdom Books''	56	(1)
Prophetic Books	57	(2)
The New Testament	59	(2)
The ``Gospels''	59	(1)
The Acts of the Apostles	60	(1)
Epistles	60	(1)
Revelation	61	(1)
On Preparing Prayers and Sermons	61	(4)
APPENDIX B: PRIMARY DOCUMENTS	65	(39)
The Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson at the Court at Newton	65	(21)
John Winthrop: ``A Model of Christian Charity''	86	(3)
John Winthrop on Liberty (1645)	89	(1)
John Winthrop and Henry Vane Debate the Immigration Order (1637)	90	(3)
John Winthrop's Conversion Narrative (1637)	93	(5)
Sample Conversion Narratives	98	(6)
Nicholas Wyeth	98	(3)
Francis Moore	101	(2)
Brother Crackbone's Wife	103	(1)
APPENDIX C: RECOMMENDED READING	104
General Interest	104	(1)
Specialized Topics	104