We have seen how different people wrote of different experiences with the native peoples of the New World. What impression of the natives do we get from this week's readings? What do you think influenced their opinions of these peoples? How are the interactions with the natives described in this week's readings similar to the others'? How are they different?
In John Winthrop's sermon, A Model of Christian Charity, what virtues does he encourage the Puritans who are about to set out on their journey to the New World to hold on to? How is John Winthrop's attitude towards earthly riches critical of those explorers and settlers of the New World who traveled there before the Puritans? Compare the Puritan attitude towards maintaining Christian virtues in the new world with the Pilgrim one: In the letter John Robinson sends with the Pilgrims on their first voyage, what does he warn them against? Why would he feel this need to warn them?