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Who dissented from the Puritans and followed Roger Williams to Rhode Island?
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Anne Hutchinson
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Did the Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony before or after Williams founded Providence Rhode Island?
The Puritans colonized and kicked Roger Williams out of their community. Then Roger Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island.
What state was founded by the dissenters fleeing persecution by the puritans in Massachusetts?
Rhode Island founded by Roger Williams
Where did roger Williams minister?
Roger Williams was the founder of Rhode Island along with Anne Hutchinson, but Williams is considered the founder. Williams founded Rhode Island to escape religious prosecution, and make a colony just for Puritans like him.
Why did Roger Williams found the colony of Rhode Island?
he was driven out of Massachusetts by the Puritans and wanted religious freedom
Did the Puritans found Massachusetts Bay colony before or after Roger Williams found Providence Rhode Island?
uh i dont know
What is the geographic center of Rhode Island?
It is 1 mile south-southwest of Crompton. From its beginnings, Rhode Island has been distinguished by its support for freedom of conscience and action: Clergyman Roger Williams founded the present state capital, Providence, after being exiled by the Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritans in 1636. Williams was followed by other religious exiles who founded Pocasset, now Portsmouth, in 1638 and Newport in 1639.
Why did roger Williams find rohde island?
Because he wanted religious freedom because in Massachusetts every one had to believe, what the puritans believed,
How did Roger Williams's is colony of providence differ from the Puritan colony of Massachusetts?
The Puritans controlled Massachusetts and religious toleration was practiced in Rhode Island.
Which of the 13 colonies were founded for religious freedom?
Massachusets was settled by Puritans. Pennsyvania was settled by Quakers. Rhode Island was settled by Roger Williams who was pesecuted by the Puritans in Massachusets.
Who got kicked out of the puritans colony?
Roger Williams was kicked out of Massachusetts for spreading "new and dangerous rumors".
Why did the puritans see Rhode Island as a sewer?
Rhode Island is where the religious dissenter went. The Puritans were not big fans of religious tolerance. In fact Roger Williams the founder of Rhode Island fled his home in the middle of a cold January night in order to avoid arrest for his religious views. The Puritans "shining City on a Hill" was not for people who did not agree with them.
How was Rhode Island founded?
AnswerIn 1636, Rhode Island was founded by a group of Puritans fleeing religious persecution in Massachusetts. Roger Williams and Ann Hutchinson is credited as being the leader of these people. They settled in Providence and established a rule of religious tolerance.
