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On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island became the first of the 13 colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown, [17] and it was the fourth to ratify the Articles of Confederation among the newly sovereign states on February 9, 1778. [18]
The Thirteen Colonies refers to the group of British ... Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 as a ... New York and Rhode Island developed long-lasting two-faction ...
The French in Rhode Island (Rhode Island Heritage Commission, 1988). Coleman, Peter J. The Transformation of Rhode Island, 1790–1860 (1963). online edition; Conley, Patrick T. The Irish in Rhode Island (Rhode Island Heritage Commission, 1988). Coughtry, Jay A. The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700–1807 (1981).
Rhode Island was unique among the Thirteen British Colonies in having been founded by a refugee, Roger Williams, who fled religious persecution in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to establish a haven for religious liberty. He founded Providence in 1636 on land purchased from local tribes, creating the first settlement in North America with an ...
Settlements that failed or were merged into other colonies included the failed Popham Colony (1607) on the coast of Maine, and the Wessagusset Colony (1622–23) in Weymouth, Massachusetts, whose remnants were folded into the Plymouth Colony. The Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies coexisted until 1686, each electing its own governor annually.
Rhode Island was the first of the Thirteen Colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown on May 4, 1776. [22] It was also the last of the Thirteen States to ratify the United States Constitution on May 29, 1790, once assurances were made that a Bill of Rights would become part of the Constitution. [23]
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 ...
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