USA HISTORY

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: -After Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious and political beliefs, he settled Rhode Island, a place where religious tolerence was accepted.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In 1635, Williams was tried by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and found guilty of holding four dangerous opinions at variance with official policy. His sentence was banishment from the colony. Williams fled Massachusetts before prosecutors could send him back to England.

Detailed explanation-5: -The political and religious leader Roger Williams (c. 1603?-1683) is best known for founding the state of Rhode Island and advocating separation of church and state in Colonial America. He is also the founder of the first Baptist church in America.