. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. in their views,and therefore everybody Avho differed with them must bewrono\ Then, having come across the ocean to carry out their ideasin their own way, they could not understand why, when therewas plenty of land in all directions for settlers to occupy,people who did not believe as they did should try to livewith them. 7. ROGER WILLIAMS—RHODE ISLAND (1636). And so, when Roger Williams came to Salem in 1631, andbegan to preach and to teach that all should be allowed tobelieve what they pleased, and that thec-overnment sh
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. in their views,and therefore everybody Avho differed with them must bewrono\ Then, having come across the ocean to carry out their ideasin their own way, they could not understand why, when therewas plenty of land in all directions for settlers to occupy,people who did not believe as they did should try to livewith them. 7. ROGER WILLIAMS—RHODE ISLAND (1636). And so, when Roger Williams came to Salem in 1631, andbegan to preach and to teach that all should be allowed tobelieve what they pleased, and that thec-overnment should not settle the relio-ionof the people, he was told he wouldbetter go away. But no action w^as taken against him,until he said that the colonists had noright to the land on which they hadsettled, since the king never owned it,and therefore could not give it Williams. ^^^^ ^j^^ people determined to arrest him and punish or banish him. When Williams heard of this he fled to Massasoit, and inthe spring started a settlement at Providence, where he de-. 84 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY, LESSON.—The Friends were also persecuted. In 1692, the people atSalem believed in witches and determined to kill them. clared no man should suffer on account of his relii^iousopinions. INIany persons who aureed Avitli Williams followedhim, and the colony was called llhode Island and ProvidencePlantations. Some years later a few Friends or Quakers came to Bostonto settle, and the Puritans tried to make them conform to theState religion. The Friends were whipped, fined, and put injail, but they were determined to retain their own beliefs,and finally the persecution ceased. 8. THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT (1692.) In 1GV)2, the good people of Salem seemed to lose theirsenses. We cannot understand how it could happen, butthey thought their town wasfull of witches, who liad thepower to injure those wdionithey hated. It was supposed that thesewitches could chanfre theirforms at 2)leasure and beco
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