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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    (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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    Joseph Jenckes (governor) (category Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island)
    was a deputy governor and governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Jenckes was the son of Joseph and Esther (Ballard) Jenckes...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • Americans and the Dutch settlers. 1644 – Parliament grants charter to the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Saybrook Colony incorporated...
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    the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The English village was the home of Elder John Crandall (c. 1612–1676), one of Westerly's founding...
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    Pawtucket (/pəˈtʌkɪt/ pə-TUK-it) is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island. The population was 75,604 at the 2020 census, making the city the fourth-largest...
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    John Coggeshall (category Colonial governors of Rhode Island)
    1647) 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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    and 25% of Washington County’s population was enslaved. Washington County was created as Kings County in 1729 within the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence...
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  • state and the source of its name Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the former British colony which became the U.S. state University of Rhode...
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    King Philip's War (category Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
    Plymouth Colony, New Haven Colony, and Connecticut Colony; they declared war on the Natives on September 9, 1675. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations...
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