Roger williams was it founder of rhode island and also the founder of the First Baptist church in america. Williams was born in london around 160 thr3. Were not sure of which because his birth records were burned up in the great london fire. He became a chapel for one of the great pureten lords. But because he was a puriten. He fled to england, arrived in at boston in february of 1631. This is a radical idea at this time. Every country had had a state church. They all had their own state supported churches. The taxes of the people paid for it ministers and the buildings and you had to go to church or theyd fine you. Williams said the state has no role whatsoever to play in religion. Eeventually he was put on trial and convicted of sedition and ha hauracy and was going to ship back to england before he could die. So he fled through it winter around february of 1636 and walked down from what is today salem where he was then taken in by izhad friends, the wompa indians. The following spri
Our cspan cities tour takes American History tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. Here is the recent program. We are here at the carmel mission, otherwise known as send carlos san carlos. It was established as part of the colonization of the coast. The original founding was 1770, after which the site moved. The initial mission was Asian Mission of upper california began in 1769 with the establishment of san diego mission. That particular site was not the prime objective. Wasas monterey, because it centrally located and as a result we get a joint military. Nd religious exposition the commander was accompanied by the fryer, who came to the monterey bay to establish the first site. June 3, 1770. Was bornnipero serra in a place that had been conquered by the muslims. And so when you visit the site, it is surrounded by military bastions that date all the way back to the roman conquest. You have islamic and other traditions that are all represented. And one could a
We are here at the carmel mission, otherwise known as san carlos. It was established as part of the colonization of the coast. The original founding was 1770, after which the site moved. The initial mission was Asian Mission of upper california began in 1769 with the establishment of san diego mission. That particular site was not the prime objective. It was monterey, because it was centrally located and as a result we get a joint military and religious exposition. The commander was accompanied by the fryer, who came to the monterey bay to establish the first site. On june 3, 1770. Father Junipero Serra was born in a place that had been conquered by the muslims. And so when you visit the site, it is surrounded by military bastions that date all the way back to the roman conquest. You have islamic and other traditions that are all represented. And one could argue that there was a very conservative friend in so far as the catholic religious beliefs, which serra was inspired to bring to t