USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anne Hutchinson led followers to an island near Providence after being expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Detailed explanation-2: -With a few followers, Williams founded the colony of Providence in present-day Rhode Island in 1636. Freed from the constraints of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Williams put his ideas about the separation of church and state, land policy, and friendly relations with the Narragansett Indians into practice.

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony intended to set up a society that would accord with what they believed to be God’s wishes.