Champion of Religious Liberty and Rhode Island Founder
Roger Williams
Roger Williams was an English-born theologian who championed religious freedom and the separation of church and state in Puritan New England. Banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs, he founded Providence, Rhode Island, establishing a sanctuary of tolerance and fair native relations.
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| Governor | John Winthrop William Bradford |
| Leader | Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson Cotton Mather |
| The Addams Family | John Adams John Quincy Adams |
| Indigenous People | Ousamequin Metacomet |
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