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  2. Roger Williams - Wikipedia

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    Roger Williams (c. 1603 – March 1683) [1] was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island.

  3. Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - Wikipedia

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    It was founded by Roger Williams. It was an English colony from 1636 until 1707, and then a colony of Great Britain until the American Revolution in 1776, when it became the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations .

  4. First Baptist Church in America - Wikipedia

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    The Church was founded in 1638 by Roger Williams in Providence, Rhode Island. The present church building was erected between 1774 and 1775 and held its first meetings in May 1775. It is located at 75 North Main Street in Providence's College Hill neighborhood. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.

  5. History of Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams In 1686, King James II ordered Rhode Island to submit to the Dominion of New England and its appointed governor Edmund Andros .

  6. Roger Williams National Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Roger Williams National Memorial is a landscaped urban park located on a common lot of the original settlement of Providence, Rhode Island, established by minister Roger Williams in 1636. The national memorial commemorates the life of Williams, who co-founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and championed religious ...

  7. List of early settlers of Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    The early Rhode Island inhabitants named in the Rhode Island Royal Charter, dated July 8, 1663 and signed with the royal seal by King Charles II; this charter was the basis for Rhode Island's government for nearly two centuries: [38] Author: John Clarke; Governor: Benedict Arnold; Deputy Governor: William Brenton; Assistants: William Baulston ...

  8. William Harris (settler) - Wikipedia

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    William Harris (1610-1681) was one of the four men with Roger Williams at Seekonk in the Plymouth Colony during the winter of 1636. He then joined Williams and several families in establishing the settlement of Providence Plantations which became a part of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

  9. Timeline of Providence, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Roger Williams Park & Roger Williams Park Zoo founded. [2] First Universalist Church built. First Point Street Bridge built. Construction begins on the Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company Complex along the Woonasquatucket River [38] Butler Exchange Building founded. [2] 1874 - Cornerstone of City Hall was laid on June 24. [62] 1876 – Rhode ...