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  1. www.history.com › topics › colonial-americaRoger Williams - Founder of Rhode Island & Salem Minister

    Oct 29, 2009 · Roger Williams (1603-1683) was a political and religious leader who settled the state of Rhode Island in 1636 and advocated for the separation of church and state in Colonial America.

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  3. www.history.com › news › religion-13-colonies-americaThe Surprising Religious Diversity of America's 13 Colonies

    Jul 25, 2022 · Jews also settled in Philadelphia, Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia and Newport, Rhode Island. Newport is where the Touro Synagogue, dedicated in 1763, survives as the oldest ...

  4. www.americanhistorycentral.com › entries › rhodeRhode Island Colony, History, Facts, Significance, 13 Colonies

    Feb 3, 2024 · 1636–1663. Rhode Island Colony was one of the 13 Colonies that declared independence from Great Britain. The colony started in 1636 and established Religious Freedom and the Separation of Church and State. Roger Williams founded Providence Plantations in 1636, which was the first permanent settlement in what became Rhode Island.

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  6. www.gwirf.org › roger-williams-rhode-islandRoger Williams, Rhode Island, and Birthplace of Religious ...

    England’s King Charles II, a Catholic sympathizer in a mostly-Protestant England, approved the colony’s promise of religious freedom by granting it a Royal Charter in 1663. Rhode Island’s Charter, which served as state constitution until 1842, includes this forward looking provision:

  7. www.worldhistory.org › Providence_ColonyProvidence Colony - World History Encyclopedia

    Feb 1, 2021 · Providence Colony (also known as Providence Plantation, modern-day Providence, Rhode Island, USA) was a settlement established in 1636 CE by the Puritan separatist theologian and pastor Roger Williams (l. 1603-1683 CE) after he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Williams objected to a number of policies pursued by Massachusetts Bay ...

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  9. www.britannica.com › biography › Roger-WilliamsRoger Williams | Founder of Rhode Island, Religious Freedom ...

    Apr 16, 2024 · Hall of Fame (1920) Roger Williams (born 1603?, London, England—died January 27/March 15, 1683, Providence, Rhode Island [U.S.]) was an English colonist in New England, founder of the colony of Rhode Island and pioneer of religious liberty. The son of a merchant tailor, he was a protégé of the jurist Sir Edward Coke and was educated at ...

  10. www.loc.gov › exhibits › religionReligion and the Founding of the American Republic

    A shipload of twenty-three Jewish refugees from Dutch Brazil arrived in New Amsterdam (soon to become New York) in 1654. By the next year, this small community had established religious services in the city. By 1658 Jews had arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, also seeking religious liberty.

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