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Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson. Anne was a deeply religious women She was a skilled medical practitioner She was popular with the women of Boston Greatly admired John Cotton, who was the minister who stressed covenant of grace or Gods free gifts of salvation to unworthy human beings.

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Anne Hutchinson

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  1. Anne Hutchinson

  2. Anne was a deeply religious women • She was a skilled medical practitioner • She was popular with the women of Boston • Greatly admired John Cotton, who was the minister who stressed covenant of grace or Gods free gifts of salvation to unworthy human beings

  3. She had different beliefs than most of the Puritan people • She didn’t believe that the church should enforce proper behavior because it went against the doctrine of predestination • She argued against the church and being a women only made it worse • She asked “If God has predetermined for me salvation or damnation, how could any behavior of mine change my fate • Because of her beliefs she was abolished from Massachusetts bay because the people viewed her as a threat to society

  4. Anne helped show how strictly religion was enforced religion was at this time “If anyone ignored the church, there would be anarchy” • Her leadership as a woman made her seem all the more dangerous in Puritan society • It also showed that women were not viewed equally to men

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