What was one reason for the establishment of the colony of Rhode Island?

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• Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts to start a new charter granted by the King of England.
• Roger Williams believed in religious tolerance which wasn't practiced in Massachusetts.
• Colonists fled Massachusetts in search of better farmland.
• John Winthrop left Massachusetts in hopes of spreading his Puritan beliefs.

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One reason for the establishment of the colony of Rhode Island was that Roger Williams believed in religious tolerance which wasn't practiced in Massachusetts.