The Puritans controlled Massachusetts and religious toleration was practiced in Rhode Island.
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The Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony before Roger Williams founded Providence, Rhode Island. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was established in 1630 by Puritan settlers, led by John Winthrop, while Roger Williams founded Providence in 1636 after being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to his religious beliefs. Williams founded Providence as a haven for religious freedom and tolerance, in contrast to the strict religious orthodoxy of the Puritans in Massachusetts.
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No, the Anglican church influenced Puritan Massachusetts Bay.
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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The colony of Providence was founded by Roger Williams in 1636. He established it as a refuge for those seeking religious freedom and tolerance, particularly for dissenters from the Puritan beliefs dominant in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Williams advocated for the separation of church and state, making Providence a significant early example of religious liberty in America.
Some of them were New Hampshire and Connecticut. A little known Puritan colony existed on an island off the coast of Nicaragua. It was called Providence Island, and only existed from 1630 - 1641. See Karen Ordahl Kupperman's book, Providence Island for more detailed information on the obscure settlement.
Mary Dyer was a women in Colonial times who Expressed Quaker beliefs in a Puritan Colony. That means that she only worshiped God not the King.
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