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What did massachusetts governor john winthrop mean when he described the colony as a "city upon a hill?"?
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What did massachusetts governor john winthrop mean when he described the colony as a "city upon a hill?"?

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He hoped that the colony would become a a holy society that would serve as a model for people everywhere.
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