The Trial of Anne Hutchinson Liberty, Law,

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.

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

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