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both were founded by people looking for religious freedom, but Rhode Island is much smaller and Massachusetts people led stricter religious lifestyles
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∙ 13y agoIt was the most religiously tolerant (and really small)
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What is a periwinkle snail?
The common periwinkle snail is the most common snail in Rhode Island. It is related to limpets, whelks, and other marine snails.
What body of water sorounds New England?
The Atlantic Ocean borders it on one side. Other than that, Rhode Island is surrounded by land.
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.
What is the Latitude and Longitude of Great Blasket Island?
The peak of Croaghmore appears to be located at 52.0868° north latitude 10.5586° west longitude. Other spots around the island have somewhat different coordinates.
What is the longitude and latitude of the island of Crete?
The center of Iráklion is located at 35.33° north latitude 25.14° east longitude. Other places on the island have somewhat different coordinates.
What makes the Rhode Island colony different from the other colonies?
What makes Rhode Island colony different from the other colonies is that it is a colony with Religious Tolerance.
How was Rhode Island different from the other colonies?
They had freedom of religion and didnt go to the same type of church all the other colonies went to.
How was Rhode Island different from from other colonies?
They had freedom of religion and didnt go to the same type of church all the other colonies went to.
What freedom did Rhode Island offer that other colonies did not?
Religious freedom and tolerance.
Was Rhode Island more similar to other colonies in New England or to those in the middle colonies?
Rhode Island was more similar to the New England colonies. It was founded in 1636 and had fish and forests as natural resources.
What were the people in colonial Rhode island?
Unwanted people banded from other colonies.
The most distinctive feature of rhode island colony was that?
The most distinctive feature of the Rhode Island Colony was that it allowed freedom of religion. When Rhode Island was founded, all of the other colonies in America all had established churches.
Who lived in the Rhode Island?
The people that lived in the Rhode Island colony were essentially the rejects of other colonies. They wanted religious freedom. Roger Williams headed this colony.
How is Pennsylvania different from other colonies?
Pennsylvania was the first colony not to be found on religious basis and took everyone from different cultures. This was technically the second colony to have religious tolerance after Rhode Island.
Who lived in the Rhode Island colony?
The people that lived in the Rhode Island colony were essentially the rejects of other colonies. They wanted religious freedom. Roger Williams headed this colony.
What did the colonists enjoy in RI that was forbidden in most places?
Rhode Island, unlike most of the British Colonies in America, had religious freedom. Most of the other colonies had laws that stated that a man had to be a member of a specific church in order to vote, among other requirements. This was not the case in Rhode Island. That is why many people who disagreed with the religious tenants of other colonies, such as Anne Hutchinson, moved to Rhode Island where they could practice religion however they wished.
What is a unique feature of Colonial Rhode Island?
one of the major things that set rhode island apart from other colonies was the idea of religious toleration. they allowed nearly every religion to practice freely
