SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Roger Williams disagreed with the Puritan leaders
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Roger Williams was punished
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Roger Williams founded Providence
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Roger Williams spread dangerous beliefs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Williams came to doubt Puritanism and became a Baptist in 1639, going on to establish the first Baptist church in America. Within a few years, however, Williams refused to follow any specific religion, although he still accepted the basic tenets of Christianity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roger Williams’ dissenting beliefs caused the General Court to order his arrest and to return him to England. Rapid colonial expansion within New England caused Native Americans to attack the colonialists and their settlements.
Detailed explanation-3: -Williams believed that preventing error in religion was impossible, for it required people to interpret God’s law, and people would inevitably err. He therefore concluded that government must remove itself from anything that touched upon human beings’ relationship with God.
Detailed explanation-4: -Freedom of religion is a founding principle of American democracy. One of the strongest advocates of this American ideal was Roger Williams. Throughout his life, Williams fought for the idea that religion should not be subject to regulation by the government, but that it should be an individual freedom.