New England literature (3)John Cotton: The first major intellectual spokesman of The Massachusetts Bay Colony The Patriarch of New England (4) Anne Hutchinson: u She refused to worship God in the manner demanded by the Puritan Church, which controlled the government of Massachusetts Bay Colony. She believed that a person comes to know God through his or her own conscience not by simply obeying the strict rules of the Puritan Church. She was banished from massachusetts bay in 1638 2021/2/21 62021/2/21 6 New England Literature: (3) John Cotton: ◼ The first major intellectual spokesman of The Massachusetts Bay Colony. ◼ “The Patriarch of New England” (4) Anne Hutchinson: ◼ She refused to worship God in the manner demanded by the Puritan Church, which controlled the government of Massachusetts Bay Colony. She believed that a person comes to know God through his or her own conscience, not by simply obeying the strict rules of the Puritan Church. She was banished from Massachusetts Bay in 1638