October 9 in American History
The Puritan colony banished the minister Roger Williams for preaching religious liberty and separation of church and state. He founded Rhode Island as a refuge where no one would be punished for their beliefs — planting, a century and a half early, one of the ideas that would end up in the First Amendment.
In 1635: Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts. The Puritan colony banished the minister Roger Williams for preaching religious liberty and separation of church and state.
The Puritan colony banished the minister Roger Williams for preaching religious liberty and separation of church and state. He founded Rhode Island as a refuge where no one would be punished for their beliefs — planting, a century and a half early, one of the ideas that would end up in the First Amendment.
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