"Mr. Winthrop, governor: Mrs. Hutchinson, you are called here as one of those that have troubled the peace of the commonwealth and the churches here... You have spoken divers things, as we have been informed, very prejudicial to the honor of the churches and ministers thereof, and you have maintained a meeting and an assembly in your house that hath been condemned... as a thing not tolerable nor comely in the sight of God nor fitting for your sex." — Transcript, Examination of Anne Hutchinson at the Court at Newtown (1637)
The expulsion of Hutchinson contributed most directly to which colonial development?
- Acheck_circle
The growth of Rhode Island as a haven for religious dissenters
- B
Maryland's adoption of an Act Concerning Religion in 1649
- C
Pennsylvania's early policy of tolerating Catholic refugees
- D
The Dutch West India Company's settlement of New Amsterdam
Explanation
Hutchinson and many followers relocated to Aquidneck (later part of Rhode Island), reinforcing Roger Williams's earlier settlement and helping shape Rhode Island's reputation for liberty of conscience.