Rhode Island’s founding wasn’t just another European settlement—it was a radical act of religious freedom in a time when dissent meant death. When was Rhode Island founded? The answer isn’t a single date but a chain of rebellions, starting with a banished minister named Roger Williams in 1636. His exile from Massachusetts Bay Colony wasn’t … Read more
The year was 1636, and Massachusetts Bay Colony was a theocracy in the making. Puritan leaders like John Winthrop preached a society bound by strict biblical law, where dissenters faced exile—or worse. But in a quiet corner of New England, a man named Roger Williams was about to do something radical: he would walk away … Read more
The first Europeans to set foot on Rhode Island’s shores didn’t come as conquerors or settlers—they came as exiles. In 1636, a man named Roger Williams, a fiery preacher and dissenter in the Puritan colony of Massachusetts Bay, was banished for heresy. His crime? Questioning the authority of the church and state, advocating for complete … Read more
