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Roger Williams was the founder of the Rhode Island colony. The clergyman founded Providence in 1635 after being exiled from Massachusetts Bay colony. He was banished for what they felt were radical religious and political ideas. He challenged Puritans to acknowledge their separation from the Church of England and said the King had no right to take Native American lands.

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Roger Williams was the founder of the Rhode Island colony. The clergyman founded Providence in 1635 after being exiled from Massachusetts Bay colony. He was banished for what they felt were radical religious and political ideas. He challenged Puritans to acknowledge their separation from the Church of England and said the King had no right to take Native American lands.

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