There was no specific religion in the Rhode Island colony. Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams, who was a protestant who fled Salem, MA, due to religious persecution. He created Rhode Island to be a safe haven to religious minorities
Baptistic under Roger Williams. Even now, there is a zoo named after him in Providence.
Roger Williams got banned from Massachusetts Bay Colony because of his religious beliefs so when he landed in Rhode Island, he declared his colony for freedom of religion. So, Rhode Island's religion in the 1600's was freedom, any religion that you wanted.
no one Rhode Island is not strict on religion. they let you be whatever religion you wanted. the colony that was strict about religion was Massachusetts.
Roger Williams.
Democrat Government, which had freedom of religion to fellow crackmonkey's such as George Washington.
Rhode Island was about the only colony without an official religion, so practice was left to the individual conscience.
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I believe Rhode Island was settled on the basis of Religious freedom, you didn't have to conform to one religion set by the colony.
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Rhode Island was about the only colony without an official religion, so practice was left to the individual conscience.
As a colony where the free practice of religion was accepted.
Roger Williams got banned from Massachusetts Bay Colony because of his religious beliefs so when he landed in Rhode Island, he declared his colony for freedom of religion. So, Rhode Island's religion in the 1600's was freedom, any religion that you wanted.
no one Rhode Island is not strict on religion. they let you be whatever religion you wanted. the colony that was strict about religion was Massachusetts.
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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.
Roger Williams.