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What were the principles of government established by the colonists who fled to Rhode Island?

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Roger Williams and his followers settled on Narragansett Bay, where they purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and established a new colony governed by the principles of religious liberty and separation of church and state. Rhode Island became a haven for Baptists, Quakers, Jews and other religious minorities.Freedom of religion was allowed, government officials had no business punishing settlers for their religious beliefs

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