Roger Williams.
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It was established as a buffer colony.
Primarily Pilgrims were in Plymouth (Massachusetts), but the Puritans got the charter for Massachusetts Bay Colony. Philadelphia was a secular colony established by a Quaker, but that isn't quite New England. Providence (Rhode island) Colony was established by a Baptist, Roger Williams after the Puritans gave him the boot from Salem. Connecticut Colony was started by Puritan Thomas Hooker.
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John Winthrop,governor of the Puritans, established the Massachusetts bay colony
Massachusetts.
The Puritans controlled Massachusetts and religious toleration was practiced in Rhode Island.
the colony Massachusetts was part of was the new England colony.
John Winthrop
They are the same. The Puritans got permission from King Charles 1 to build a colony which they named "Massachusetts Bay". This remained the full name throughout the colonial period, but the word "Bay" dropped in common parlance. As a result, when Massachusetts Bay Colony became the State of Massachusetts, "Bay" was dropped altogether.
they established the Plymouth colony
Roger Williams wanted a place for religious tolerance.