USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anne Hutchinson, née Anne Marbury, (baptized July 20, 1591, Alford, Lincolnshire, England-died August or September 1643, Pelham Bay, New York [U.S.]), religious liberal who became one of the founders of Rhode Island after her banishment from Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In direct violation of Puritan doctrine and church structure, she believed heaven was open to those who worshipped God through a personal connection, without the need of any church intervention. These and other beliefs caused Hutchinson and her family to be banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Detailed explanation-4: -But within three years, Anne Hutchinson would stand before a Massachusetts court, charged with heresy and sedition. In 1638 she would be excommunicated from the church and banished from the colony for holding and teaching unorthodox religious views.

Detailed explanation-5: -Religious intolerance in Massachusetts Bay When dissenters, including Puritan minister Roger Williams and midwife Anne Hutchinson, challenged Governor Winthrop in Massachusetts Bay in the 1630s, they both were banished from the colony.