Why did Puritans refer to their settlement as a "City on a Hill"?

Winthrop warned his fellow Puritans that their new community would be "as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us", meaning, if the Puritans failed to uphold their covenant with God, then their sins and errors would be exposed for all the world to see.

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answer; /// slavery should be outlawed in the new country, was part of the initial draft of the declaration of independence, but not part of the final

julius caesar turned the roman republic into the roman empire by coming in and taking the "dictator" role during the time of a civil war (elites vs lower classes) winning battles and reputation, then declaring him dictator for life

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