<P> In 1636 , Roger Williams settled on land granted to him by the Narragansett tribe at the tip of Narragansett Bay after being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views . He called the site `` Providence Plantations '' and declared it a place of religious freedom . </P>
<P> In 1636 , Roger Williams settled on land granted to him by the Narragansett tribe at the tip of Narragansett Bay after being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious views . He called the site `` Providence Plantations '' and declared it a place of religious freedom . </P>
what was the original purpose of the rhode island colony
what was the original purpose of the rhode island colony
religious freedom
religious freedom