ROGER WILLIAMS - Definition

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	Definition:	[n] English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)

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	Synonyms:	Williams

	See Also:	clergyman, colonist, man of the cloth, reverend, settler

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	Definition:	Roger Williams Roger Williams moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the New World but was disappointed in the amount of freedom he found there, so he created a new colony, Rhode Island, where different people and beliefs were accepted. more details ...