What Did John Winthrop Mean When He Spoke of His

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Essay

What did John Winthrop mean when he spoke of his "city upon a hill"? To what extent were the Puritans successful in building that city? How and why did the market economy threaten and ultimately transform their city?

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Definitions:

Ureters

Tubes that transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder, part of the urinary tract system.

Urethra

The tube that conducts urine from the bladder to the outside of the body in both males and females.

Glomerular Capsule

A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine.

Proximal Convoluted Tubule

A portion of the kidney nephron responsible for reabsorbing water, sodium, and other substances from the filtrate.