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Colonial America: Rhode Island

A research topic guide covering Colonial America.

Resources

Research & Reference

The Roger Williams Story

Experts discuss how Roger Williams, a 17th century Puritan, and his revolutionary ideas of "soul liberty" greatly influenced the course of the idea of religious freedom in the United States, and can inform us today.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1sn6rfEIP4

Perspectives

The Name of War

Examines how the American colonists interpreted the brutal war that erupted between them and Native Americans in New England in 1675, showing how they looked to it during the Revolution and used it to justify nineteenth-century Indian removals. 10,000 first printing.

Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire

Puritan Roger Williams, a separatist, establishes the state of Rhode Island after leaving Massachusetts.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxHCl7bxGJg