“So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.”

About John Winthrop

Politician • English

John Winthrop was an English Puritan lawyer and a leading figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He served as the governor of the colony for 12 of its first 20 years, shaping its legislative and...