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The Rhode Island Colony was founded by those who wanted to escape the lack of religious tolerance found in the other New England colonies. Its founder Roger Williams was a former colonist and religious exile from the Massachusetts Colony, where religious tolerance did not exist among the Puritans. The Rhode Island Colony was home to the first Jewish synagogue and the first Baptist church in the New World.
Source: 1  Massachussetts was first settled by Pilgrims and was founded as Plymouth Colony in 1620. 2  Lowell was the first planned industrial city in the United States. It was also where the Industrial Revolution began. 3  Early Massachusetts settlers became known for resisting British control.