Rhode Island History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

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Name (Hebrew)
רוד איילנד היסטוריה 1600-1775, תקופת המושבות
Name (Latin)
Rhode Island History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Coordinates
-71.377 -71.377 41.544 41.544 (gooearth )
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q2335224
Library of congress: sh 85113725

Wikipedia description:

The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was an English colony on the eastern coast of North America, founded in 1636 on former land of the Narragansett tribe by Puritan minister Roger Williams, at a settlement he originally called Providence Plantations, after his exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Joined by three other settlements soon founded on Narragansett Bay, the colony became a haven for religious dissenters and was known for its commitment to religious freedom and self-governance. The four Narragansett Bay settlements created an official confederacy through a charter under the Patent of 1643–1644, granted by the English Parliament. It received a more comprehensive Royal Charter in 1663 from King Charles II, which established its government and guaranteed its religious liberties. Rhode Island continued as a self-governing colony until 1776, when it declared independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution, becoming the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

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