John Winthrop Research Paper

Jurist, colonial administrator and North American chronicler, born in Edwardstone, Suffolk (England) on January 12, 1588 and died in Boston on March 26, 1649. Winthrop began his law studies at Cambridge, which he abandoned before obtaining a bachelor's degree. Married in 1605. Later he graduated in law and began to practice as judge of peace in 1609. Along with a group of leading English Puritans, Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay Company and, once obtained the privilege of Carlos I to colonize the New world, the company emigrated completely to America in 1630, where they founded Boston, city of which Winthrop had been appointed governor for a period of four years; Sometime later, the company established different settlements in the vicinity. …show more content…
In 1637 he was again elected as governor, and with this position, or with that of subgovernor, he continued to carry out his work throughout his life, as he was elected up to twelve times. On that same date he directed the confederation of the colonial territories of New England. Under the government of Winthrop, democratic and tolerant, the company was established as a religious and political organization that enjoyed a certain democracy, although the suffrage was limited to the members of the church. Winthrop was married four times and had six children. The eldest of them, John Winthrop (1606-1676), followed in his father's footsteps and became governor of Connecticut, a position he held