SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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New England
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Virginia
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Rhode Island
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New York
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Detailed explanation-1: -Roger Williams, defender of religious liberty and founder of Rhode Island, landed near Boston, Massachusetts, on February 5, 1631, aboard the ship Lyon.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island, Arrived in Boston. 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).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by Puritan dissidents who faced a host of potential enemies in Holland, France, and England itself.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.