Did Rodger Williams found Rhode Island?

Answer 1

Rodger Williams founded a colony granted to him by King Charles the II in 1663, The king granted him a charter as an experiment in liberty. He started his colony in a small township called Providence, which was in what later became the colony of Rhode Island. Rodger Williams was a devout man who believed the government had no business dictating what an individual have in their beliefs or relationship with the creator, his premise was later on adopted as the opening ten words of the 1st amendment to the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution Rodger Williams came to America seeking what others had sought in leaving England, freedom to worship or NOT as he saw fit. The King's of England held them selves as the as the heads of the Church of England, and demanded loyalty by all citizens to the Church, this is why the Pilgrims, as they were called, left England as they believed in their rights to practice their beliefs in the creator as separate from the Government. Thomas Jefferson also believed that the Church-State should remain separate and no connection to either should exist in the new government of the United States. We have the right to believe, or NOT, to worship, or NOT, and our rights are not granted to us by any form of government, but by our creator, whatever we hold that power might be. I am a descendant of Rodger Williams, and My last name is Rhodes, as in Rhode Island. I am proud of my family history, and our contribution to the founding of this nation. The establishment clause in the 1st amendment in the bill of rights clearly states such, and it has withstood the tests of challenge in our courts. Checkout the bill of rights, and the establishment clause on line.

I proudly agree with Rodger, no man, or government and it's agents, should hold the power over another in their relationship with what ever they choose to believe in their relationship with their creator, or NOT to believe either.