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Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams in 1636, who had been banished from the Massachusetts colony for his advocacy of religious tolerance and the separation of church and state.
Roger Williams (c. 1603 – March 1683) [1] was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island.
The political and religious leader Roger Williams (c. 1603?-1683) is best known for founding the state of Rhode Island and advocating separation of church and state in Colonial America. He is...
Roger Williams (born 1603?, London, England—died January 27/March 15, 1683, Providence, Rhode Island [U.S.]) was an English colonist in New England, founder of the colony of Rhode Island and pioneer of religious liberty.
Richard Ward was made a freeman of Newport in 1710, then entered public service as Attorney General, later became Deputy and Clerk of the Assembly, and then served as the General Recorder for the colony from 1714 to 1730.
Roger Williams was the founder of Rhode Island. He was an advocate of the Separation of Church and State, Religious Freedom, and the rights of Native American Indians. His beliefs helped form the concepts found in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Roger Williams was a political and religious leader best remembered for his strong stance on the separation of church and state and founding the colony of Rhode Island.
J. Stanley Lemons. Emeritus Professor of History, Rhode Island College.coauthor, Rhode Island: The Independent State; coauthor, The Elect: Rhode Island's Women Legislators, 1922-90. J. Stanley Lemons. Fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Roger Williams, although having done his best to maintain neutrality throughout the Rhode Island colony, ultimately failed to keep the peace and briefly fled Providence, only to return to a burned town. Death and Legacy. Roger Williams died in 1683, leaving behind a legacy that carries on in the foundation of civil governments around the world.
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded by Roger Williams.