Founders of this colony, such as William Coddington and John Clarke, established an early form of democratic government by signing the Portsmouth Compact.
This colony rejected an application for citizenship from the Jewish merchant Aaron Lopez. Founders of this colony, such as William Coddington and John Clarke, established an early form of democratic government by signing the Portsmouth Compact. In the years before the American Revolution, this colony was divided into factions led by Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward. This colony was the location of the Great Swamp Fight, although it initially attempted to stay neutral during King Philip's War. The initial land that became this colony was provided by the Indian chief Canonicus. This colony's Touro Synagogue is the oldest in the United States. This colony's founder wrote the Bloody Tenent of Persecution and allied with the Narrangansett Indians. The For 10 points, name this New England colony founded by Roger Williams.
This colony rejected an application for citizenship from the Jewish merchant Aaron Lopez.
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