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What led to the establishment of Providence, the first permanent settlement in Rhode Island?

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the banishment of its founder, Roger Williams, from Massachusetts for his religious dissent

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 Providence was founded by Roger Williams in 1636 after he was banished from the Massachusetts colony for his religious views.
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