Rhode Island attracted dissenters.
they kicked him out of Rhode ISLAND
Roger Williams.
Rhode Island founded by Roger Williams
Roger Williams
William rogers founded Rhode Island because he disagreed with the religious beliefs of Plymouth colony.
The original founders came to places like Massachusetts.
Rhode Island was founded by someone who was banished from Massachusetts whereas those in Connecticut chose to leave.
For freedom of religion.
Anne Hutchinson
The Rhode Island colony was founded as a refuge for religious dissenters from Massachusetts. It was founded by Roger Williams, who had been exiled from Massachusetts for advocating for the separation of church and state. Rhode Island was the first colony that guaranteed freedom and worship and legalized the separation of church and state.
Some of its detractors still refer to it as Rogue's Island, a tribute to its tradition of dissent and the number of religious exiles among its founders. Residents use the term of Rhode Islanders.