In his A Key into the Language of America, this thinker showed that he was one of the first Europeans to undertake a scholarly study of various Native American tribal languages.
In his A Key into the Language of America, this thinker showed that he was one of the first Europeans to undertake a scholarly study of various Native American tribal languages. Later he wrote his most important tract, The Bloody Tenant.  Earlier in his life, he chafed at Archbishop William Laud's strict control of Anglican Church doctrine, escaping with his wife Mary to Boston. Due to his prior religious training, he was immediately invited to become a pastor, but refused the job and was eventually exiled, for he believed that civic authorities should exercise no power over one's own religious convictions. For ten points, name this notable advocate of religious tolerance and founder of the colony of Rhode Island.
In his A Key into the Language of America, this thinker showed that he was one of the first Europeans to undertake a scholarly study of various Native American tribal languages.
Roger Williams