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  2. Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - Wikipedia

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    Rhode Island was the only New England colony without an established church. [28] Rhode Island had only four churches with regular services in 1650, out of the 109 places of worship with regular services in the New England Colonies (including those without resident clergy), [28] while there was a small Jewish enclave in Newport by 1658. [29]

  3. History of Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    New England State Politics (1959) pp 172–227; covers 1932–1958; Lovejoy, David. Rhode Island Politics and the American Revolution, 1760–1776 (1958). online edition; McLoughlin, William G. Rhode Island: A History (States and the Nation) (1976) excerpt and text search; Mayer, Kurt B. Economic Development and Population Growth in Rhode ...

  4. New England Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The New England Colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, and the Province of New Hampshire, as well as a few smaller short-lived colonies. The New England colonies were part of the Thirteen Colonies and eventually became five of the ...

  5. Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ, pronounced "road") [6] [7] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. [8]

  6. John Greene (settler) - Wikipedia

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    John Greene Sr. (9 February 1597 – 7 January 1659) [1] was an early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the 12 original proprietors of Providence, and a co-founder of the town of Warwick in the colony, sailing from England with his family in 1635.

  7. Catholic Church in the Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    Originally settled by Anglicans, in 1641 New Hampshire came under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. [10] Few Catholics appear among the early settlers, as they were banned by the charter of the Plymouth Council, which excluded from New England all who had not taken the Oath of Supremacy.

  8. The customs, quirks and unspoken rules that really ... - AOL

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    A detailed analysis of why Rhode Island's House speaker and Senate president hold so much power can be found in a 2014 cover story by Philip Eil in the Providence Phoenix, titled "The Seat of ...

  9. 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 ...