What did john winthrop mean by city on a hill


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What did John Winthrop mean when he said he wanted Massachusetts Bay to be “a City upon a Hill”?

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A city to look up to.

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The phrase "city upon a hill" is used most commonly to associate a city that people look up to. John Winthrop wanted the colony to be an example of a perfect colony/city.


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