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They simply wanted to "purify" the church by eliminating the objectionable aspects of worship in the established church.
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Pilgrims did not agree with the “State Church’ of England, and that is why they were punished.
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Lord Baltimore saw this as an opportunity to grant religious freedom to the English Catholics.
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Disagreeing with the church
was not allowed. -
Williams and Hutchison founded
Rhode Island as a refuge for those
who sought religious freedom. -
He wanted it to be a refuge for the
Quakers who were persecuted in
England.
