Political Life:
John Winthrop was a famous New England politician in Colonial American, the most important founder of Massachusetts Bay colony, and talented at practical affairs and government skills. He was the governor of Massachusetts Bay colony for twelve consecutive terms, vice governor for three terms, the assistant of the Court of Assistants for four terms, and the first president of United Colonies.
Family:
John Winthrop married his first Wife who born him six children. And the Oldest son was the future governor of Connecticut. He married his second wife, it was a short marriage, because his wife died only one year later at 1616. He married his third wife Margaret Tyndal at 1618. However, she died in Massachusetts after a 29-years marriage. After that, John winthrop married his fourth wife, unfortunatly, he died of natural casues on 26 March 1649.
That is what I got in the class today, at the same time, I am going to talk about his effort for the literature. And the story on his politics influence in Britain. I will collect more information on weekends.
The most important things that I wish for you to know about this man have to do with his courage and his ideas about how people were to work with each other. In the end, he was not able to stay completely true to his own ideas, but he certainly tried. He was known for helping the poor and for his integrity. Even so, he banished Anne Hutchinson from the colony because she was too powerful a woman who questioned some of the nuances of his religious establishment. He banished Roger Williams who later founded Rhode Island because he questioned the right of the colony to take lands that were rightly held by the Indians. It may well be that perfection is not a possible human trait. Even so, Winthrop tried to do what he could to make a utopian Christian community, and his work has certainly had a major influence on the development of this nation. Some writers and thinkers refer to him as 'the forgotten founding father.'
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