Essentials of United States history . Governor Winthrop. 50 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY peace, they were not more willing than were the Church ofEngland settlers of Virginia to tolerate in the colony peoplewho did not agree with their beliefs. Naturally, among solarge a number of people, there were those who did not Williams, a young clergyman, arrived in Boston in1631. He settled in Salem, was made pastor of the church,and was justly popular with the people. He soon, however,. The New England Colonies. came into conflict with the officers of the province because ofhis view
Essentials of United States history . Governor Winthrop. 50 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY peace, they were not more willing than were the Church ofEngland settlers of Virginia to tolerate in the colony peoplewho did not agree with their beliefs. Naturally, among solarge a number of people, there were those who did not Williams, a young clergyman, arrived in Boston in1631. He settled in Salem, was made pastor of the church,and was justly popular with the people. He soon, however,. The New England Colonies. came into conflict with the officers of the province because ofhis views on civil and religious matters. He claimed that theland which the colonists occupied belonged to the Indians andthat the kings grant had no value unless supported by apurchase of the land from its rightful owners. He declaredthat the power of the magistrates extended only to thebodies and outward estate of man, not to the mind and con- THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES 51 science. Therefore, he argued, every man should be allowedto worship as his own conscience dictated. The Puritans were not ready to admit that a completeseparation of church and state was wise or even feared that the whole country would be set on fire bythe rapid motion of a windmill in the head of one particularman, and ordered Williams to leave the country in a shipthat was returning to England. Williams fled into thewilderness and spent the winter among the Indians. Then,at the suggestion of Governor Winthrop, h
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