Roger Williams

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Roger Williams was a 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian best known for advocating religious freedom and the separation of church and state in early colonial America.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Puritan minister
human
religious freedom advocate
theologian
citizenship Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Kingdom of England
conflict banishment from Massachusetts Bay Colony
countryOfBirth Kingdom of England
countryOfDeath Colonial America
surface form: "English colonial America"
dateOfBirth 1603-12-21
1604-01-10
dateOfDeath 1683-04
educatedAt Charterhouse School
Pembroke College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup English
familyName Williams
founded Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence
givenName Roger
influenced development of religious freedom in the United States
later interpretations of the First Amendment in the United States
knownFor defending rights of Native Americans to their lands
fair dealings and treaties with Native American tribes
languageSpoken English
Narragansett
movement Baptist movement in America
religious liberty movement
notableFor advocacy of religious freedom
advocacy of separation of church and state
founding the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
occupation minister
theologian
writer
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: "London"
placeOfDeath Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence
positionHeld founder and leader of Providence Plantation
reasonForBanishment criticism of Massachusetts Bay Colony’s treatment of Native Americans
views on religious liberty and separation of church and state
religion Baptists
surface form: "Baptist Christianity"

Puritanism
residence Massachusetts Bay Colony
Providence Plantation
sexOrGender male
theologicalView advocated liberty of conscience
argued for separation of civil and ecclesiastical authority
workAuthored A Key into the Language of America
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience
The Bloudy Tenent yet more Bloudy

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Narragansett language documentedBy Roger Williams
Providence foundedBy Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson influenced Roger Williams