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Roger Williams: A Sense Of Personal Freedom

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Unlike numerous growing nations in the 17th century, the colonies present throughout America held unique virtues and laws that challenged the principles of other societies. Democracy was one of those unique virtues that sprouted and grew in America, while monarchies and dictatorships were still present in Europe. Being able to elect a leader based on the majority was a sense of personal liberty, a sense of personal freedom. Roger Williams, a former citizen of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was banished to Rhode Island for expressing his controversial personal opinions. He took this opportunity to create a more open, more accepting, and more diverse city: Providence, Rhode Island. The charter of Rhode Island was filled with qualities of freedom,
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