• In 1636, Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts because he thought that the governor had too much power.
• Hooker set up the colony of Connecticut.
• Roger Williams believed in the “separation of church and state”. (the belief that the government and religion should have no official relationship.)
• In 1635, Williams was ordered back to England.
• Instead, he left Massachusetts and formed the colony of Rhode Island.
• Rhode Island became a refuge (a safe place) for people seeking religious freedom.
• Anne Hutchinson openly talked about and criticized the teachings of the Puritan ministers.
• In 1637, Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts.
• In 1638, Hutchinson moved to Rhode Island.
