Question

How was anne hutchinson able to frustrate the best efforts of the court to find her guilty during the early stages of the trial?

Answer 1

Anne Hutchinson was a midwife known for her religious and feminist beliefs, threatened the Puritan ministers’ orthodox view, in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Anne Hutchinson became a spiritual leader in the colony and preached women and men, which eventually give her the popularity in the colony because of her criticism in Puritan beliefs about the Covenant of Works. During her trial, Anne Hutchinson was able to hold her position by answering the questioning of Bible teaching in her interpretation, where the court found it hard to put her guilty.

Answer 2

Anne Hutchinson, was a spiritual Puritan leader who has a strong group of followers due to her charismatic aura and teachings. The wife of William Hutchinson and a mother of fifteen children became a big threat to the English puritan leaders that she was exiled and later excommunicated.