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With certain parallelism to John Winthrop's "City upon a Hill" visionary foresight of New England in 1630, the colonists attempted to follow his dream and create a community that corresponded with the footsteps of Puritan society, which attempted to purify their connection with God and sought to maintain perfect order in their society. Without looking beyond the underlying facts, the result perfectly matched the "City upon a Hill" vision, which strived for national perfection, and seemed …

…to modern times. However, many of their ideals were motivated by economic and political factors that should be considered unjust and wrong. The rich dominated society, while coloured people, women, and the poor were simply ignored. The Indians were massacred, just because they did not accept Christianity and Puritan society. Some of these ideals and virtues can be traced all the way to recent times, when racial segregation and economic corruption could still be found.