The following is the modern version of his sermon: “...when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies, when he shall make us a praise and a glory, that men shall say of succeeding plantations: the Lord make it like that of New England: for we must Consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us…we shall be made a story and a byword through the world…”

1 What effect did Winthrop’s ideas have on the colonies?
2 Explain how ideas from these early settlements, (including Jamestown and Plymouth) are still reflected in our American identity.