Religious Tolerance
Our colony is based on religious liberty and separation of church and
state, so anyone with any religion could come and settle.
We were religious tolerant, so many settlers under religious persecutions
escaped here. We soon became a safe haven for Baptists, Quakers, Jews
and other religious minorities.
state, so anyone with any religion could come and settle.
We were religious tolerant, so many settlers under religious persecutions
escaped here. We soon became a safe haven for Baptists, Quakers, Jews
and other religious minorities.
Puritans
Rhode Island's founders didn't agree with the puritan religion, affecting us to be the complete opposite of a puritan colony.
The religion of the Puritans in Massachusetts was strict and austere leading to disagreements with many church members. Both Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams had problems and intense conflicts with this religion. So they organized a group of Dissenters who believed in religious freedom to from the colony of Rhode Island. They followed the separation of church and state whereas the Puritans in Massachusetts believed in a government and society tied to the church.
The religion of the Puritans in Massachusetts was strict and austere leading to disagreements with many church members. Both Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams had problems and intense conflicts with this religion. So they organized a group of Dissenters who believed in religious freedom to from the colony of Rhode Island. They followed the separation of church and state whereas the Puritans in Massachusetts believed in a government and society tied to the church.