SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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It was more tolerant than Massachusetts.
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It was less tolerant than Massachusetts.
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It did not allow Catholics to live there.
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It was north of Massachusetts.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Massachusetts was a royal colony (B), while Rhode Island was a self-governing colony. All groups, including Quakers, enjoyed religious freedom (C) in Rhode Island.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Massachusetts Bay Colony of the New World was a Puritan theocratic state in the early 1650s. Puritan leaders did not have much tolerance for people of other religions, and as a result, the Puritan government often persecuted and banished religious outsiders who tried to enter and live in their Puritan towns.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Royal Charter guaranteed religious freedom for Rhode Islanders. It was the first colony to have this freedom.