Jean Hermy Beauciquot
ENG 111 / HIS-151
Dr Benson / Dr Paulsen
10/23/2015
The Trial of Anne Hutchinson (1637
In this paper, I will address what the record of the court reveal about the puritan way of
thinking and the justice or injustice of these proceedings. Also, I will address the role of women
in the 1630s colonial Massachusetts.
The Puritans were a religious group of English Reformed Protestants in New England.
The Puritans came from Europe to escape religious persecutions. They left the Roman Catholic
Church because they didn’t like the way they did things. They established the Church of
