AP US History Anne Hutchinson Reading.

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They believed it to be blasphemy, considering Puritans believed that God only spoke through the Bible.

Based upon what Anne said, what did the Puritans think of it?

14.

How many children did Anne have?

Early 40s.

How old was Anne?

Antinomians (people against the law).

What did Anne's leaders call themselves?

Meetings where she explained John Cotton's sermons to her fellow parishioners. (These meetings caused no problems until Anne began adding her own interpretations of the sermons.)

What did Hutchinson hold at her home?

They accused her of undermining the colony's ministers and brought her to trial because they feared her views would create anarchy.

What did Puritan authorities accuse Anne of and why?

People could only be saved by grave, freely given by an all-powerful God. They also believed that humans could do nothing to earn God's favor.

What did Puritans believe?

Indians killed all but Anne's youngest child-an event that the Puritans interpreted as a sign that God approved of their treatment of her.

What happened in 1643?

Anne was defending herself so well that the charges were about to be dropped, yet she blurted out that God had spoken to her directly and told her that her enemies would be destroyed. Thus, she was banished and before she could depart, she was accused of heresy. When she tried to recant, she was accused of lying, for which the crime the church denied her membership.

What happened while in court?

Her nursing skills.

What was Anne highly regarded for?

Since a person can do nothing to win God's grace and favor, a person need make no effort to obey the laws of church or state. (Appealed to many men and women in the colony, including some leaders).

What was Anne's interpretation of this teaching?

John Cotton's congregation, having followed the Puritan minister from England after Anglican Church silenced him.

What were Anne and her husband (William) active members of?

Massachusetts Bay Colony during the early 1630s. (For several years, seemed an unlikely candidate for controversy, arrest, trial, conviction, banishment, and excommunication from the Puritan Church).

Where did Anne Hutchinson settle and when?

To the Dutch colony of New Netherland (New York).

Where did Anne take her six youngest children?

Rhode Island. (Where William died in 1642).

Where did Anne's family move to?

A successful business man.

Who was Anne the wife of?


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