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<nowiki>***</nowiki> after the English Restoration, Rhode Island welcomed Quakers, Jews and others seeking religious liberty
<nowiki>***</nowiki> after the English Restoration, Rhode Island welcomed Quakers, Jews and others seeking religious liberty


Rhode Island was started by Puritan Roger Williams who was exiled from Massachusetts
'''Rhode Island''' was started by Puritan Roger Williams who was exiled from Massachusetts
* Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance


Williams named Rhode Island "Providence Plantation" and established religious tolerance
'''Quakers''' = "Religious Society of Friends"
 
* Puritans who were considered extremists for their belief that the "Light of Christ" resided in every person
Quakers = "Religious Society of Friends"
* in 1681, the Quaker William Penn traded a debt owed to his father by King Charles II for the province of Pennsylvania
 
* by 1685, 8,000 Quakers had moved to Pennsylvania
= Puritans who were considered extremists for their belief that the "Light of Christ" resided in every person
* Penn encouraged protestant German immigrants, including Lutherans, Mennonites, Amish, and other sects
 
* many of these groups settled on farm land, thus "Pennsylvania Dutch country"
in 1681, the Quaker William Penn traded a debt owed to his father by King Charles II for the province of Pennsylvania
 
by 1685, 8,000 Quakers had moved to Pennsylvania
 
Penn encouraged protestant German immigrants, including Lutherans, Mennonites, Amish, and other sects
 
many of these groups settled on farm land, thus "Pennsylvania Dutch country"


* '''Fundamental Orders of Connecticut''', 1639
* '''Fundamental Orders of Connecticut''', 1639