On board the Arabella in 1630, John Winthrop delivered a sermon in which he spoke about his vision for the puritan "errand into the wilderness." Quoting Matthew 5:14-15, Winthrop said "... For we must consider that we shall be as a citty on a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us..." Expound on the Puritan mission into the New World. What was the structure of the colonial Massachussetts constitution? What other ways were used to begin English colonies in British North America? By whom and where? What first principles and assumptions about government emerged from the colonial constitutional experience?