<P> Williams ' actions so outraged the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that they expelled him from the colony . In 1636 , the exiled Williams founded the colony of Providence Plantation . He was one of the first Puritans to advocate separation of church and state , and Providence Plantation was one of the first places in the Christian world to recognize freedom of religion . </P>
<P> Williams ' actions so outraged the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that they expelled him from the colony . In 1636 , the exiled Williams founded the colony of Providence Plantation . He was one of the first Puritans to advocate separation of church and state , and Providence Plantation was one of the first places in the Christian world to recognize freedom of religion . </P>
which colony was founded as a colony of religious freedom in reaction to the puritans
which colony was founded as a colony of religious freedom in reaction to the puritans
Providence Plantation
Providence Plantation