Providence Plantation

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Providence Plantation was the early colonial settlement in present-day Rhode Island founded by Roger Williams as a haven for religious freedom and separation of church and state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English colony settlement
early colonial settlement
historic place
appliesToReligion Baptists
Jews
Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakers

other religious dissenters
associatedWithConcept freedom of religion in America
separation of church and state in America
associatedWithPerson Anne Hutchinson
basedOnTreatyOrPurchaseFrom Narragansett people
surface form: Narragansett chiefs
continent North America
corePrinciple civil government limited to civil matters
liberty of conscience
country England
foundedAs haven for religious freedom
refuge for dissenters from Massachusetts Bay Colony
foundedByPersonOccupation Puritan minister
founder Roger Williams
hasCapital Providence
hasGovernmentType self-governing community
hasPolicy religious toleration
separation of church and state
historicalEra Colonial America
inception 1636
languageUsed English
laterBecamePartOf Rhode Island
surface form: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
legalInnovation charter-based religious liberty
locatedIn New England
North America
present-day Rhode Island
locatedOn Narragansett Bay
namedAfter Providence
neighboringEntity Narragansett people
partOf Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
presentDayCityIncludes Providence, Rhode Island, United States
surface form: Providence, Rhode Island
presentDayJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
religiousContext dissent from Puritan orthodoxy
significantEvent banishment of Roger Williams from Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Roger Williams residence Providence Plantation