The first leader of the Puritans, John Winthrop, main purpose was to create a "city upon the hill", which in terms is intended as a religious statement. The Puritans wanted to make the Anglican Church pure and wanted people to follow their ideas and values. They wanted to build a colony based on religion. The Puritans were known as Congregationalists, they wanted to run the church and have the power to hire and fire the preacher and have the power over taxes. They believed that man was born a sinner. Puritans believed in a concept called the Doctrine of the Elect, which was that Puritans believed they were pre-selected for heaven or hell. Puritans believed that their ideas and values ​​would influence the community and positively affect the community