1631 - 1632 | Roger Williams arrives in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and begins advocating for religious freedom. 

My Favorite Books on This Topic:

Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty  by John M. Barry

Roger Williams: The Church and the State by Edmund Morgan  by Edmund Morgan

Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England by William Cronon

*Map image from Rhode Island Boundaries by John H Cady.

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