USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1663, King Charles II granted a charter to Rhode Island which designated no established faith and allowed full freedom of conscience for all.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rhode Island was the first place to have separation of church and state and freedom of religion. Roger Williams founded Providence on that principle in 1636 and got a charter from England in 1644, which created a completely secular government with no provision for a religious establishment.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island based upon principles of complete religious toleration, separation of church and state, and political democracy (values that the U.S. would later be founded upon). It became a refuge for people persecuted for their religious beliefs.