Question

In 1636, Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and founded Rhode Island, because he supported A) women's suffrage. B) the abolition of slavery. C) a separation of church and state. D) westward expansion of the colonies.

Answer 1

The answer is C) of his defense of Native American rights and demand for separation of church and state. Williams was convinced that a state church had no Scriptural basis through his own experience of persecution by Archbishop Laud and the Anglican establishment, as well as the Baptists' writings and the bloody wars of religion that raged in Europe in that era. His criticism of the Massachusetts Bay system for mixing church and state immediately after his arrival demonstrates that Williams had arrived at this conclusion before landing in Boston in 1631.

Answer 2

In 1636, Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and founded Rhode Island, because he supported:

(C) Separation of church and state.

Further explanation

Roger Williams was an English priest who born in London in the early 17th century, near 1603. He left his country when 30 years old to join the American continent because he suffered religious intolerance. He was a follower of puritanism, a group of Protestants that were persecuted in the United Kingdom. Many American territories were known to respect the different religions and points of view. But, he did not like the mentality of the people that he met when arrived in the Massachusetts colony. He had violent conflicts with Boston pastors who banished him from their place for his revolutionary ideas.

Roger Williams thought that the church and the state should be strictly separated to allow everyone to practice the religion as they want. It was not like the opinion of the religious leaders of Massachusetts that the citizens who did not follow the Christian religion should not have the right to vote. After his expulsion, Roger Williams founded the Providence plantation and the Rhode Island colony. There, everyone had the right to believe in what he wanted, including the Indians that Pastor Williams liked a lot. He learned their language, their culture, and lived in harmony with them during his life.

Learn more

1. Roger Williams vision about Indian Americans: brainly.com/question/4891530

2. The French Huguenots: brainly.com/question/216414

3. Differences between middle and southern colonies: brainly.com/question/4838130

Answer details

Subject: History

Chapter: Empire and Identity in the American Colonies

Keywords: philosophy of protestants, freedom of religion in the US colonies, religions in the United States, history of secularism, Roger Williams