Jonathan Winthrop deserves Stand on democracy
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Introduction
In this PowerPoint, we are going to have a look the stand of John Winthrop with references
John Winthrop is said to be the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony and he is considered as one of the prominent figure among the Founders of new England.
He is also considered as one of the best educated leader and was considered to have great leadership skills and wisdom.
Winthrop is considered to be a Boston Ancestor who was considered to have a lot of animosity towards the Irish people.
He basically considered them as agents of the pope
Jonathan Winthrop deserves to win based on moral reasoning Cont…
John Winthrop is an individual who is observed to have relied heavily on theocratic form of leadership as opposed to democratic form of leadership.
Record has it that John Winthrop hated democracy with passion. The state he created did not hesitate to execute individuals such as Quakers
He is considered to be quite famous for his city upon a hill whereby he tried to make an argument that the rich and holy had a mandate to take care of the poor
Jonathan Winthrop deserves to win based on moral reasoning.
Massachusetts Bay Colony was largely organized more so in theocratic lines and those who were offered citizenship were those individuals who had a great standing with the colony officials.
A section of individuals within their societies demanded for a democratic form of representation.
It is keen to note that Winthrop refuted this and stated that this was the meanest form of government and it was against the ten commandments.
One thing to note is that Winthrop authoritarian rule was considered to have a major consequence more so in the religious history of New England.
For instance, in the year 1635, Winthrop is said to have expelled Rodger Williams from the colony where he said that the colony church had been corrupted
Conclusion
John Winthrop is considered to be as a Puritan leader who had a visionary puritan leader who is considered to have a common wealth which was created for an established religion.
His stand on the theoretic form of leadership stood in place until there was an establishment of first amendment.
Winthrop played a critical role when it came to establishment of a voting system which was generally inclined to male church members. It also favored the elite aristocrats in the society
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