What was the dominant religion in colonial Rhode Island?

Answer 1

Colonial Rhode Island was predominately Quaker, Presbyterian, Puritan, and Catholic. Since, its neighboring state, Massachusetts, was predominately Puritan, and very strict (Fundamentalistic). Therefore, many who settled Rhode Island were outcasts from other Christian denominations originally based in Massachesetts, and thus the disparate religious population of Rhode Island during the Colonial Period.

Answer 2

Since most of the colonists came here for freedom of religion, you can know that ver few to none were Catholics. They were not Puritans, though, either. If I remember my history correctly they were a mixture of Quaker and other protestant. My own ancestor, Rev. Thomas Dungan who came here in the mid 1600s brought the first Baptist church to the area.

Answer 3

The Massachusetts colony founded by the Pilgrims, was soon followed by fellow Protestants rebelling from the Anglican Church of England called the Puritans. Pilgrims desired to reform the Anglican Church from within while these Puritans wanted to leave the Church in its entirety. These two opposing views forced a Puritan leader, Roger Williams, to become unwanted so he went south to the Narragansett Bay region and established his colony that would become known as Rhode Island, in AD 1686. They were Puritans.

Answer 4

Roger Williams was exiled from Massachusetts because he believed in "freedom of conscience" and tolerance for all religions. He founded Providence, the first settlement in Rhode Island, as a safe haven for all religions. Most people in Rhode Island were Protestants, but unlike many other colonies they tolerated all forms of Protestants, and Catholics and Jews were allowed to settle there too and live in peace.

Answer 5

Some religions practiced in Rhode Island during the 1600s were Catholic, Roman Catholic, and Protestant. Other religions were Muslim, Quaker, and Baptist.

Answer 6

there was no main religion