Founders and/or Prominent Leaders of the Thirteen original Colonies.
We're supposed to be writing something about these guys:Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams.
-Thomas Hooker was the best-known pioneers of Connecticut. He was born in rural Marefield, Leicestershire. He was appointed the first pastor of the church at Newtown, Massachusetts (now Cambridge). He is attributed as being the first minister of the First Parish in Cambridge. The church still exists today.
-Roger Williams came to Massachusetts in 1631 as a separate congregationalist. He disagreed with the leaders of the Bay Colony on several matters: 1. While Puritans remained a part of the church of England, Williams contended that they should completely separate themselves from it. 2. He insisted that church officers should not interfere in civil matters and that civil officers should not attempt to enforce church policies. 3. He criticized the Puritans for taking land that rightly belonged to the Indians. His reputation of integrity as a minister could not be questioned. even his staunchest opponent, John Winthrop, called him "a godly minister."
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