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Why did some Massachusetts colonists found Rhode Island?

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They wanted freedom they left Massachusetts and set up the colonies Rhode Island in 1644.

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Why did Massachusetts colonists found Rhode Island?

They wanted freedom they left Massachusetts and set up the colonies Rhode Island in 1644.


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The first European settler in Rhode Island was Roger Williams (1636), who had been banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views.


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The original founders came to places like Massachusetts.


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