Answer:
B) as a haven for those who disagreed with Puritan beliefs.
Explanation:
Rhode Island was the first place since its foundation, in what is now the United States, which allowed religious freedom. In 1636 Roger Williams, after being expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs, which were disapproved by the Puritans, established himself at one end of Narragansett Bay. This place was called Providence and was declared a zone of freedom of worship.
In 1637, Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts for criticizing the local clergy. Anne, along with William Coddington and John Clarke among others, founded the city of Portsmouth on Aquidneck Island.
Also, Quakers began arriving in strong waves during the 1650s and 1660s in search of freedom to practice their religion, while Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Barbados settled in Newport, where the oldest synagogue in the United States was built and it is still in use.
