... called them Pilgrims, those who held them in contempt called them Brownists, and to King James and his court they were known as Separatists (Williams, 48). They were forced to leave England, because their complete and unchanging belief that religion should be completely free from government. They became tired ... Puritan leaders did and were either banished or ran away for fear of life. One of these was the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams. Williams was driven out of Boston, because he questioned the authority of the government, and the legality of their taking land from the Indian...

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... agricultural techniques. John Winthrop- John Winthrop was an English-born American colonial administrator who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Roger Williams- Roger Williams founded Providence, a community based on religious freedom and democratic ideals. Roger Williams also obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663. Anne Hutchinson- Anne Hutchinson was an English-born American colonist and religious leader who was ... income. John Rolfe, a Jamestown colonist, developed a new curing method of planting tobacco. The settlers soon began planting large quantit...

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... devil and accused several other local women of witchcraft. The girls, who came to be known as "afflicted," were 9-year-old Elizabeth Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams. They were the daughter and niece of the town minister Samuel Parris, and they gained the attention of the people of Salem, particularly because they were experiencing noticeable symptoms of ... ...

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... reasons this colony was founded. Connecticut was founded by Hartford Thomas Hooker in 1636, for Religious freedom. And lastly, Rhode Island's settlement town was Providence. It was founded by Roger Williams in 1636, also for Religious freedom. ...

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