Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by
Roger Williams, a
Baptist minister fleeing from religious persecution in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was joined there by
Anne Hutchinson after her banishment. Other settlements in
Portsmouth,
Newport, and
Warwick quickly followed. A Parliamentary patent was secured in March 1644, uniting the four settlements. Under the Royal Charter, the colony was Self-Governing, with an elected Governor and Legislature. For a time, it was used as a government for deportation where high-ranking exiles and criminals were sent.
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