[lit-ideas] Re: Who is the enemy?
- From: Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:47:03 EST
In a message dated 2/26/2006 10:58:29 A.M. Central Standard Time,
Kouroo@xxxxxxxxx writes:
What am I missing?
Hi,
Well, think about Rhode Island and its history.
Wasn't it founded as a place to get away from those fundamentalist types?
Best,
Marlena in Missouri
happy to hear that some places remember and practice the legacy from their
historical roots (even if they have forgotten about it <g>)
_http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html#rhodeisland_
(http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html#rhodeisland)
While scattered Europeans began to settle the area as early as 1620, the
first permanent settlement wasn't established until 1636. In 1635 Roger
Williams
was driven from Salem, Massachusetts for espousing religious and political
freedom. After spending the winter with the Indians he finally bought land
from the Narragansett Indians and settled in what is now called Providence.
The
new colony became a haven for those seeking religious freedom.
In 1638, Anne Hutchinson, having been banned from Massachusetts, helped
found Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
A New England Colony, Rhode Island was established as a Corporate colony and
received a Royal _"Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"_
(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/ri04.htm) in 1663. Among other
unique
guarantees, the Charter established complete religious freedom in Rhode
Island, which was unusual at the time, and later formed the basis for similar
provisions in the U.S. Constitution.
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