1637 - 1642 | After Anne Hutchinson is banned from Massachusetts, her followers move to Aquidneck Island and create the towns of Portsmouth and Newport.

My Favorite Books on this Topic:

American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans by Eve LaPlante

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

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

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

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