after it was founded in 1607. The native Powhatan kindly supplied the colonists with food, thus helping Jamestown survive. Back in England, another group of people faced a different sort of challenge: they wanted to practice religion on their own terms, free from persecution. A number of these people, known as the Puritans, crossed the Atlantic and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Some settlers were displeased with this colony's governance, however. Roger Williams strongly disagreed with the religious leadership of the colony, for which he was eventually cast out. In response, in 1636, he and his followers established the colony of Rhode Island, whose government was based on the separation of church and state. Match the problems with their solutions. Roger Williams and his followers disagreed with their colony's religious leadership. Colonists in Jamestown faced starvation. The Puritans were persecuted for their religion. T)) The Powhatan people sent supplies. Bay Colony.