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.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Puritan minister
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human → religious freedom advocate → theologian → |
| citizenship |
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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Kingdom of England → |
| conflict | banishment from Massachusetts Bay Colony → |
| countryOfBirth | Kingdom of England → |
| countryOfDeath |
Colonial America
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surface form: "English colonial America"
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| dateOfBirth |
1603-12-21
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1604-01-10 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1683-04 → |
| educatedAt |
Charterhouse School
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Pembroke College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → |
| ethnicGroup | English → |
| familyName | Williams → |
| founded |
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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Providence → |
| givenName | Roger → |
| influenced |
development of religious freedom in the United States
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later interpretations of the First Amendment in the United States → |
| knownFor |
defending rights of Native Americans to their lands
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fair dealings and treaties with Native American tribes → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Narragansett → |
| movement |
Baptist movement in America
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religious liberty movement → |
| notableFor |
advocacy of religious freedom
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advocacy of separation of church and state → founding the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → |
| occupation |
minister
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theologian → writer → |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form: "London"
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| placeOfDeath |
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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Providence → |
| positionHeld | founder and leader of Providence Plantation → |
| reasonForBanishment |
criticism of Massachusetts Bay Colony’s treatment of Native Americans
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views on religious liberty and separation of church and state → |
| religion |
Baptists
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surface form: "Baptist Christianity"
Puritanism → |
| residence |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Providence Plantation → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| theologicalView |
advocated liberty of conscience
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argued for separation of civil and ecclesiastical authority → |
| workAuthored |
A Key into the Language of America
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The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience → The Bloudy Tenent yet more Bloudy → |
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