USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Williams starts Providence colony that had complete religious freedom. With a few followers, Williams founded the colony of Providence in present-day Rhode Island in 1636.

Detailed explanation-2: -Williams was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and established Providence Plantations in 1636 as a refuge offering what he termed “liberty of conscience".

Detailed explanation-3: -Religious dissident Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by the General Court of Massachusetts. Williams had spoken out against the right of civil authorities to punish religious dissension and to confiscate Native American land.

Detailed explanation-4: -The original settlements were at Providence, Warwick, Newport, and Portsmouth, and the territory was expanded by purchasing land from the Narragansetts westward toward Connecticut and the smaller islands in Narrangasett Bay.

Detailed explanation-5: -Parliamentary Patent, 1643 In 1643 Roger Williams obtained Rhode Island’s first governing document, the Parliamentary Patent of 1643. It united the towns of Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport. Read a transcript.