USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was the first charter to offer this degree of freedom to a colony. The idea of creating a community that allowed individuals to follow the religion of their choice was brought to Rhode Island by Roger Williams in 1636.

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: -Roger Williams and his followers settled on Narragansett Bay, where they purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and established a new colony governed by the principles of religious liberty and separation of church and state. Rhode Island became a haven for Baptists, Quakers, Jews and other religious minorities.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Rhode Island and Providence Plantations would be a“Christian” colony. That failure to separate government and religion would come back to haunt religious minorities for most of the 18th century. During the 17th century, people left England to escape religious persecution.