Massachusets was settled by Puritans. Pennsyvania was settled by Quakers. Rhode Island was settled by Roger Williams who was pesecuted by the Puritans in Massachusets.
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.
Catholic, Baptist, Protestant and Methodist.
Roger Williams founded the Colony of Rhode Island in 1636. He was kicked out of the Massachusetts Colony for his liberal religious beliefs. A number of non-Puritan colonists as well as those that believed in religious freedom joined him.
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams who settled there in 1636. He settled there after being kicked out of Massachusetts for his religious views. Since then, many who sought to escape religious persecution, such as Catholics and Jews, in Europe and in other American colonies settled in Rhode Island. In fact, the first Synagogue in America is in Newport, RI, and RI has the largest per capita Italian-American population of any state.
people moved to Rhode Island at this time because Rhode Island was the only colony with religious freedom and was the first to allow Jews. And if you are looking for more info ot was settled in the year1636
AnswerIn 1636, Rhode Island was founded by a group of Puritans fleeing religious persecution in Massachusetts. Roger Williams and Ann Hutchinson is credited as being the leader of these people. They settled in Providence and established a rule of religious tolerance.
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Providence has been the only state capital of Rhode Island. Rhode Island was settled by the colonists in 1636.
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