Religious dissenter, Roger Williams (a Baptist), twice exiled for his faith, first from Anglican England and then from Puritan Massachusetts, founds the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. This begins the great experiment of religious toleration in the colonies.
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Authority:
Magna Carta, Chapter 1
ccc-2point0.com/Magna-Carta-excerpts
References:
Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, four volumes. (London: Cassell, 1956-58), 2:174.
U.S. Timeline: 1636 – Founding of Providence
gerard-tondu.blogspot.com/2015/01/1636-founding-of-providence.html
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