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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Roger_WilliamsRoger Williams - Wikipedia

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   Learn about Roger Williams, an English-born Puritan who advocated for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with Native Americans. He was expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded Providence Plantations, which became Rhode Island.

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3. www.biography.com › scholars-educators › roger-williamsRoger Williams - Theology, Death & Facts - Biography

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   Aug 25, 2015 · Roger Williams was a political and religious leader best remembered for his strong stance on the separation of church and state and founding the colony of Rhode Island.

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

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   Learn about Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island and a pioneer of religious liberty in colonial America. Explore his biography, writings, and legacy in this article from Britannica.

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6. www.history.com › colonial-america › roger-williamsRoger Williams ‑ Founder of Rhode Island & Salem Minister

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   Oct 29, 2009 · Learn about Roger Williams, a political and religious leader who founded Rhode Island and advocated religious freedom and tolerance in Colonial America. Explore his life, views, controversies and legacy in this article from History.com.

7. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › god-governmentGod, Government and Roger Williams' Big Idea | Smithsonian

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   Learn how the Puritan minister originated a principle that remains contentious to this day—separation of church and state. Explore his conflict with the Massachusetts Bay Colony, his banishment, his flight and his vision for Rhode Island.

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   Who was Roger Williams?

   • 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 Cambridge.

   Roger Williams | Founder of Rhode Island, Religious Freedom Advocate

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   Why did Roger Williams settle in Rhode Island?

   • Roger Williams and his followers settled on Narragansett Bay, where they purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and established a new colony governed by the principles of religious liberty and separation of church and state. Rhode Island became a haven for Baptists, Quakers, Jews and other religious minorities.

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   Why is Roger Williams controversial?

   • Although Roger Williams is not a household name, academics have made him one of the most studied figures of pre-Revolutionary America. Among them, as among his contemporaries, he has been controversial. Some do not recognize Williams as achieving much of anything because, they say, his success in Rhode Island was isolated.

   God, Government and Roger Williams’ Big Idea | Smithsonian Magazine

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   Was Roger Williams religious or political?

   • Miller, Perry, Roger Williams, A Contribution to the American Tradition, (1953). much debated study; Miller argues that Williams thought was primarily religious, not political as so many of the historians of the 1930s and 1940s had argued. [ISBN missing]

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   Why did Roger Williams go to Massachusetts?

   • After finishing school in England, Roger Williams traveled to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, initially to be a missionary. His radical views on religious freedom and disapproval of the practice of confiscating land from the Native Americans earned him the wrath of church leaders and he was banished from the colony.

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   Was Roger Williams a man out of time?

   • W. K. Jordan, in his classic multivolume study of religious toleration, called Williams’ “carefully reasoned argument for the complete dissociation of Church and State...the most important contribution made during the century in this significant area of political thought.” Roger Williams was not a man out of time.

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9. www.youtube.com › c › RogerWilliamsMusicRoger Williams Music (Mr. Piano) - YouTube

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   Roger Williams had 21 Gold and Platinum-certified albums, with 38 hit albums and 22 hit singles including Autumn Leaves, Born Free, Impossible Dream, Maria, Till, Lara’s Theme, Nadia’s Theme ...

10. www.worldhistory.org › Roger_WilliamsRoger Williams - World History Encyclopedia

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    Jan 25, 2021 · Roger Williams (l. 1603-1683 CE) was a Puritan separatist minister best known for his conflict with both the Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1633-1635 CE, resulting in his banishment and founding of the colony of Providence, Rhode Island.