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1880年羅德島州的地圖，這是1636年威廉斯建立的。
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羅傑‧威廉斯 (Roger Williams)，羅德島州 (Rhode Island)的創始人，1631年2月5日抵達波士頓
許多威廉斯的教區居民，不同意他完全脫離英國國教的作法，他前往沙連擔任牧師。但在那裡，他的想法也被認為太過激進；他前往普利茅斯，同樣的不受歡迎。威廉斯認為，土地要取得所有權，向印第安人購買，要比完全使用武力來得好。他再次到達沙連，1635年，他的言論總算留下痕跡，但他卻遭到驅逐。威廉斯便向納拉乾西族的印第安人買下羅德島州，開始移民建立。
Many of Williams's parishioners did not agree with his idea to separate from the Church of England. He then became minister in Salem. There, his ideas also proved too radical. He went to Plymouth but again fell into disfavor. Williams insisted that land must be purchased from the Indians, rather than taken from them forcefully, in order to claim title to it. He again went to Salem and was eventually put on trial in 1635 for his views. His sentence was banishment. Williams then purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and established the settlement of Providence, Rhode Island.
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