USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
He disagreed with other members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They voted to expel him from Massachusetts. He bought land from the Narragansett tribe and started a settlement called Providence
A
Roger Roeske
B
Roger Williams
C
Anne Hutchinson
D
John Winthrop
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Governor John Winthrop expelled Anne Hutchinson from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. There was not too much room for religious disagreement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Puritans defended their dogma with uncommon fury.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roger Williams clashed with Puritan fathers on interlocking of church and state. Williams left Salem for Plymouth Colony after his religious views came to be at variance with those of the leaders of the Salem church of the time. He served as an assistant pastor in Plymouth while studying Native American languages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anne Hutchinson was an influential Puritan spiritual leader in colonial New England who challenged the religious doctrines of her time. Through the popularity of her preaching, and her unorthodox beliefs, Hutchinson garnered the disapproval the elders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Detailed explanation-5: -Anne Hutchinson led followers to an island near Providence after being expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 12.

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