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In 1636, Roger Williams was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and founded Rhode Island, because he supported

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He believed that Europeans had no right to claim land unless directly purchased from Native Americans AND
He believed that the government had to right to punish others for their religious beliefs

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