Maryland, pennsylvania, plymouth, or rhode island?
2007-03-27 06:34:48 · 6 answers · asked by ryan w 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Rhode Island was founded (in 1636) by Williams & Hutchinson for dissentors from the theocratic Massachusetts colonies. I'm not sure religious freedom was "guaranteed" but it existed there very early (before MD and PA were English colonies, at least)
2007-03-27 07:52:57 · answer #1 · answered by Lieberman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a truly tough question. Granted, Pennsylvania was founded by a Quaker lord who wanted protection for his own kind. But I find no indication of persecution in any way (except perhaps social) of non-Quakers.
Maryland was founded by a Roman Catholic lord (whose beautiful colors are their flag even now), but its charter granted tolerance, and I don't believe that has ever been violated.
Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams, a refugee from the Plymouth colonies; however, I do not know if that excluded disbelief in the disbelief that got him thrown out of the Plymouth colonies.
My vote would go to Maryland, or if not, to Pennsylvania.
2007-03-27 19:46:28 · answer #2 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pennsylvania was the first but it was really only a partial one because it was granted to the Society of Friends or Quakers. One of the better religious freedom colonies was Maryland and another would be Rhode Island.
2007-03-27 14:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhode Island---Roger Williams founded the state in 1638 by buying the land from the indians. In 1642 he got a charter from Oliver Cromwell who was a friend of his that specified that the state would have no state religion nor would it collect money for the Anglican Church of england or any other church. Furthermore, the government of R.I. would be democratic in that the majority would rule on all matters.
Pennsylvania was formed for and by Quakers and had limited religious freedom but not complete.
By plymouth, i assume you mean Mass. there was NO religious freedom within this colony. Either one was congragationist (puritan) or you were kicked out of the state as was Roger Williams.
Maryland was the home catholics only. It was settled by them and there was no freedom for the other faiths
2007-03-27 21:17:46 · answer #4 · answered by scotishbob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhode Island -- which I believe was specifically founded by Roger Williams in the 1630s as a haven from the other colonies for religious dissenters (most specifically aimed at the Puritan-ruled Massachusetts).
2007-03-27 14:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by snowlan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pennsylvania;
BUT!
You had to be a quaker to receive it.
Dumb, I know, but that's how they wrote their colonial charter.
2007-03-27 13:47:56 · answer #6 · answered by mimoll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋