1. If you lived in England in seventeenth century and decided that you wanted to emigrate to the new world, which colony would you have chosen, Virginia or Massachusetts bay? why?
2. Discuss possible motivation for john smith having written "The Starving Time".
3. In what ways do "the laws of Virginia" differ from today's laws? Why?
4. Does john Winthrop appear to believe that a person of poor or modest means can be an authority in the colony? Which passage from "A Model of Christian Charity" indicate his legal training?
5. What would be the key features of the "city upon a hill" that john Winthrop envisioned?