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braleythompson1 — 2025-04-18 05:58:30 UTC

Anne Hutchinson was an influential Puritan speaker and spiritual leader who spread her word of her version of how she perceived the bible. She encouraged people not to follow what all the ministers were preaching and to follow their path and beliefs. She learned most of this from her father, who was also a minister. She wanted people to see that they did not have to go by everything the bible said word for word. She wanted people to believe they could do anything through their salvation and their own beliefs, not what someone told them to do. It was because of her that people today know her story, she was one of the first few women to stand up for women's rights and freedom.

braleythompson1 — 2025-04-18 06:07:31 UTC

Anne and her husband William and their children eventually moved to Boston, Massachusetts, so she could follow and practice the Puritan religion.

braleythompson1 — 2025-04-18 06:10:04 UTC

As she practiced her faith, she held weekly meetings in her home where she gathered a large following of people who wanted to hear her thoughts and words on how she viewed religion.

braleythompson1 — 2025-04-18 06:14:03 UTC

The more she spoke out, the more attention she attracted, especially from Governor John Winthrop. He and other ministers were very Puritan and did not approve of Anne speaking out against them, especially as a woman. Women during this time were never supposed to speak out against men or any authoritative figure and were only supposed to be mothers and house wife's.

braleythompson1 — 2025-04-18 06:20:27 UTC

In 1637, she was eventually arrested and tried for her claims against Puritan culture. Within two days, she was found guilty of all her charges and banished from the Masscheutts Bay Colony.

braleythompson1 — 2025-04-18 06:23:06 UTC

braleythompson1 — 2025-04-18 06:31:30 UTC

John Cotton was also a minister whom Anne was fond of. She would travel the state to listen to his sermons and eventually follow him to Massachusetts to continue listening to him and eventually speak out on her own.

braleythompson1 — 2025-04-18 06:35:52 UTC

Anne, her husband, and her children were eventually banished from the colony and relocated to another colony near Rhode Island, where they were attacked in 1643 by Native American Siwanoy warriors who were not fond of new settlers.