| One of the people who disagreed
with the puritan leaders was a young minister
named Roger Williams. Williams believed that the church
should be involved
in government. Also ,he felt that the land in America
belonged to the Indians.
Rulers could not give away this land by granting
charters. He said that if white
people wanted the Indians' land, they should pay the Indian's
for it. He also
believed everyone had the right to worship God as he or she
saw fit. The Puritan laeaders were angry with Roger
William and made plans to send him back to England. He
learned of there plans and escaped in to the forest. Through
the winter of 1636
,William lived with his Narragansett Indians friend. in the
spring he was joined
by other colonists who believed as he did .Together they
founded a small
settlement at the head of Narragansett Bay, The land was
bought from the |
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