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Use the information below to answer the question.
"For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our
God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword
through the world."
- John Winthrop,
A Model of Christian Charity, 1630
In the passage from the sermon above, what is Winthrop arguing?
A That the colonists should not establish their settlements in valleys but instead on hills
B That the settlers were forming a morally righteous society that could serve as a model for England
C That the settlers were the chosen people of God and deserved to live in the new world
D That there were enormous opportunities for profit in America