How Did John Winthrop Expelled Roger Williams

In 1635, John Winthrop expelled Roger Williams from Massachusetts. John Winthrop was scared of Williams’ ideas on divorce, church and state, and slavery. Williams was very ahead of his time because his ideas are the bias for how society thinks about issues today. He even had his personal ideas used in the Constitution. After his exile, Williams got caught lost in a forest during one of the greatest winter storms ever recorded. He stumbled upon foreign lands that would soon become Rhode Island and a tribe of Indians nursed him back to health. This was the start of a thriving relationship between Williams and the native people. While Williams was able to found and create the colony of Rhode Island, he could not have done it without help. He reached out to the native tribes and created a partnership with them. These Indians aided him in getting his colony started while Williams settled disputes and defended them against white enemies. He helped them by writing the Rhode Island Royal Charter. Instead of forcefully taking land from the Indians like most white settlers, Williams purchased the land from the Indians. Roger Williams ideas in founding Rhode Island showed an acceptance of others by his diplomacy and coexistence with the …show more content…
These ideas and this document were monumentally revolutionary. It may not seem like it, but this was completely foreign and even illegal in some colonies. And still, Williams went even farther with his beliefs. Williams wanted to safeguard the Indian lands so he wrote, “as shall bee thought Bitt; and to direct, rule, order and dispose of, all other matters and things, and particularly that which relates to the makinge of purchases of the native Indians.” Once again, Williams went beyond then anyone before. His unfamiliar demands were almost insulting to King Charles II but he still signed the document, giving Williams what he and the Indians