The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America, bordering the...
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1663, giving the colony an official name of the "Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England...
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Roger Williams (redirect from Roger Williams (Rhode Island))
and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island...
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The history of Rhode Island is an overview of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the state of Rhode Island from pre-colonial times...
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Brown University (redirect from College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. One of nine colonial colleges chartered before the American...
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Providence; it was one of the four colonies which merged to form the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the others being Providence,...
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English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) and moving it to their family's former estate in Providence. Brown laid the cornerstone of the...
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Stephen Hopkins (politician) (category Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island)
Father of the United States, a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and a...
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The Rhode Island Royal Charter provided royal recognition to the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, approved by England's King Charles...
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New England Colonies (category Former British colonies and protectorates in the Americas)
of British America included Connecticut Colony, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, and...
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settlements that became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, including Providence Plantations and Shawomett. Many of the first colonists in...
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(19 km) south of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, 63 miles (101 km) southwest of Boston, Massachusetts, and 171 miles (275 km) northeast of New York City...
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of the shore. In 1644, the settlements on Rhode Island (Portsmouth and Newport) united with Providence Plantations and Warwick to form the Colony of Rhode...
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a collection of lists of early settlers (before 1700) in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Most of the lists are of the earliest...
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and later the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. In 1976, the statue was removed from its perch for restoration and repair. Workers cast...
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Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities...
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American farmer, politician, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and delegate to the Continental...
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This is a list of the judges, presidents, and governors of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from 1638 to 1776. Roger Williams June...
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"Providence Plantations Patent" of 1644. Various settlers from both Rhode Island and Plymouth began to settle along the area, and the exact nature of the...
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John Coggeshall (category Colonial governors of Rhode Island)
who was one of the founders of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the first President of all four towns in the Colony. He was a successful...
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John Greene (settler) (category Greene family of Rhode Island)
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...
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measure in Rhode Island to change the official name of the state from State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to State of Rhode Island. The proposal...
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1686–1689 English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1689–1707 British Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1707–1776 King...
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Representative and Mayor of Providence William Coddington (1601–1678) – magistrate of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Judge of Portsmouth...
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Benedict Arnold (governor) (category Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island)
president and then governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for a total of 11 years in these roles. He was born and raised...
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Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. As originally established, Newport County consisted of four towns: Portsmouth, Newport, Jamestown, and New...
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westernmost town in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. In 1738, the Town of Charlestown was partitioned off from Westerly, and 19 years later...
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Independence who was governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations when the town was partitioned from Westerly and incorporated in 1757. Hopkinton...
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John Easton (category Colonial governors of Rhode Island)
in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, devoting decades to public service before eventually becoming governor of the colony. Born in...
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Hutchinson (1586–1641) was a judge at Portsmouth in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He sailed from England to New England in 1634 with...
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