Question

Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636 because:

Answer 1

Answer:

he was disliked by everyone

Answer 2

Answer:

Option: He was a Separatist who believed that the government had no authority over religious matters

Explanation:

Roger Williams banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of his ideas, which according to the Puritans officials was dangerous and threat among the Puritans. Williams did not consider the Puritan Church was pure enough for the people in New England. He believed in a break from the Church of England. Second, he explained that the government should not interfere with people on what religious behaviors they should join. For all these ideas he was banished from the colony and established a new settlement in Rhode Island.