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the puritan john winthrop and the quaker, william penn, came from wealthy.ome to british families and developers.uas they and many denomitional copies. edition the defining feature of american religion. tocqueville thought religion was a prime example of our gift for voluntary association. americans, he said, so completely confused. christiane, city and freedom that it is almost impossible to have them conceive of the one without the other. the colonies were either joint stock companies owned by private investors or royal land grants to favored individuals private fo profit colonization reflected english political traditions and in the 1600s, the rise of the bourgeoisie and the distress in circumstances of monarchs and ministers through decades of war and revolution. in contrast, the spanish came as conquest stories of the government. the french as trappers and merchants who were agents of the crown with no political rights of their own. the colonies were rich in resources, but starved for goods and credit and isolated by a mighty ocean. seaborne commerce re
the puritan john winthrop and the quaker, william penn, came from wealthy.ome to british families and developers.uas they and many denomitional copies. edition the defining feature of american religion. tocqueville thought religion was a prime example of our gift for voluntary association. americans, he said, so completely confused. christiane, city and freedom that it is almost impossible to have them conceive of the one without the other. the colonies were either joint stock companies owned...
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winthrop. he was english puritan lawyer, and one of the leading founders of the massachusetts colony in 1630. hebegan marked by the belief as he said in his own words, t god's help, we could be a shining city upon a hill for the people. of course, making the reference from scripture, our newestatue is of a man who shared same. a man who looked back wh who prayed and served endlessly for what we could become again. that shining city on, a hill. i want you to know this is a this truly an historic moment. there are only four people in the history of our country who have received the three highest honors here. those three honors are a congressional gold medal having lied in state upon their statue here in the capitol to be hedonortwo of them were president of presidents ford and reagan and is rosa parks and the other as of today will be reverend billy graham. a few of these ceremonial events now, come in since i've been speaker of the house. i ever get nervous for speaking, but i am nervous today a
winthrop. he was english puritan lawyer, and one of the leading founders of the massachusetts colony in 1630. hebegan marked by the belief as he said in his own words, t god's help, we could be a shining city upon a hill for the people. of course, making the reference from scripture, our newestatue is of a man who shared same. a man who looked back wh who prayed and served endlessly for what we could become again. that shining city on, a hill. i want you to know this is a this truly an historic...
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and there's the statue of the oldest man, the ca■tal, as is john winthrop.e was english puritan lawyer, the massachusetts bay colony in 1630. he symbolizes how our country began marked by the belief as he said in his own words, that with god's help, we could be a shining city upon a hill for the people. of course, making the scripturt statue is of a man whoharethat o believed that same. a mawh back where we were and who prayed and served r what we could become again. that shining city on, a hill. i want you to know this is a this■e truly an historic moment. there are only four people in theto have received the three highest honorser congressional gold medal, passig and having ata honored. two of them were president of presidents ford and reagan, and is rosa today will be reverend y graham. i've done a few of these but we've had a couple of statues come in since i've been speaker of the house. i ever get nervous for speaking, but i am nervous today honest we billy is such a towering figure in my life and is he is in all of our lives and such a singular figure
and there's the statue of the oldest man, the ca■tal, as is john winthrop.e was english puritan lawyer, the massachusetts bay colony in 1630. he symbolizes how our country began marked by the belief as he said in his own words, that with god's help, we could be a shining city upon a hill for the people. of course, making the scripturt statue is of a man whoharethat o believed that same. a mawh back where we were and who prayed and served r what we could become again. that shining city on, a...
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the john winthrop and the puritans, they wanted to have a theological league governed, self-sufficientnation up in new england. and very early on they, they, they invested in some man, some iron or manufacturing facilities complete disaster. and it was clear very early on in the 1600s that america was going to be an extract of an agricultural society. so there are going to be many people involved in the economy who are not people of commerce, but they depended on people of commerce because so much that they required had come from abroad and those people of commerce ended up as in many societies important political figures, they rose they rose. and in government of they when the revolution came along henry knox these, a bookseller. and so he kind of goes into logistics and he turns out he' really really good at it. and you have lots and lots of practical people, many of them very small businessmen that are form an army, a founding generation, that that is quite unique. so i'm glad you say that word practical. that's the word i was looking for, because on the one hand, we can think of th
the john winthrop and the puritans, they wanted to have a theological league governed, self-sufficientnation up in new england. and very early on they, they, they invested in some man, some iron or manufacturing facilities complete disaster. and it was clear very early on in the 1600s that america was going to be an extract of an agricultural society. so there are going to be many people involved in the economy who are not people of commerce, but they depended on people of commerce because so...