they may have different religions there. a llot of states have mixed religions.
Rhode Island was the first. They did this in the year 1636 when the founder, Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views.
Massachusetts.
Separation of church and state. And religious freedom
Sherman Merritt Smith has written: 'The relation of the state to religious education in Massachusetts' -- subject(s): Education and state, Religious education
Who were the religious people of Massachusetts?
Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded for religious freedom.
Quakers EDIT: In Massachusetts, there were Puritans.
Massachusetts
the freedom religious
Religious Freedomto avoid religious persecution
Anne Hutchinson was a religious leader, not a colonial leader ,who was banished from Massachusetts. Roger Williams was also banished by the "Puritans" for religious reasons. He founded a colony that became the state of Rhode Island.
Catholicism, but during the founding of Massachusetts, there was religious toleration.