How Did Roger Williams' Religious Ideas Clash with Those of the Puritans

question 19

Multiple Choice

How did Roger Williams' religious ideas clash with those of the Puritans?

• A) Williams believed that settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who had unconventional religious views should be punished by the colonial leaders.
• B) Williams felt that it was not enough to purify the Church of England from within, but to separate from it.
• C) Williams did not believe that the Puritans should separate from the Church of England, but rather to try to improve it.
• D) Williams did not support religious toleration and insisted that the members of the Church of England try to preserve their own freedom of worship.
• E) Williams believed that colonial leaders could not also be religious leaders.

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