3. The puritans traveled to the new land because they wanted to practice a more pure form of their
religion. They wanted to come to America and kind of reset the church.
4. The puritans thought that land was only yours if you built a permanent settlement on it. The Pequot though land was just somewhere to live for a while and then move on. The pequot wondered why the white people were setting up these big settlements. Puritans thought the Pequot men were lazy because in their culture the women would make all the food while the men disappeared in the woods all day. Peqout people thought the Puritans babied their wives. Pequot didn't understand total war. They would kill the men of another tribe and take the women and children. However the Puritans had come from a culture who was often at war and they had this idea that the only way to win was to wipe out everyone from the other side.
5. The Dutch only wanted to trade, they didn't really care about land or expansion. This enabled them to have better relations to the natives. The English were constantly pushing for more and more land. The natives couldn't understand this and it started to cause tension with the natives getting to squished together.



1. John Winthrop's community idea was a perfect christian community but didn't sound like it had much tolerance for other religions. These kind of communities arguably exist today. Spain is like this, very succesful and it has a strong set religion. They are at peace and it seems to work.
2. Winthrop meant that all eyes would be on them. When you're on a hill everybody can see what you're doing and you're the focus.
3. He didn't seem to have any tolerance for others with different veiws. He wanted to convert the Pequot to another religion but instead they killed them.