WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Among those who found a haven in the religious and political refuge of the Rhode Island Colony were Anne Hutchinson-like Williams, she had been exiled from Massachusetts for religious reasons-some of the first Jews to settle in North America, and the Quakers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The clergy felt that Anne Hutchinson was a threat to the entire Puritan experiment. They decided to arrest her for heresy. In her trial she argued intelligently with John Winthrop, but the court found her guilty and banished her from Massachusetts Bay in 1637. Roger Williams was a similar threat.

Detailed explanation-3: -(Library of Congress) In November 1637, Anne Hutchinson was sentenced to banishment by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, having been declared a “woman not fit for our society.” As a midwife, wife, and mother of fifteen children, Hutchinson was held in high esteem by the Boston community.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hutchinson and many of her supporters established the settlement of Portsmouth, Rhode Island with encouragement from Providence Plantations founder Roger Williams in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Detailed explanation-5: -As a Separatist, Williams sought a complete break with the Church of England. He was disappointed to find that the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony did not favor a total severance of ties. Williams soon left Boston over these differences, accepting a position as a minister in Salem.