Rhode Island
Founded: 1636 by Roger Williams and others, at Providence
Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering)
Major Cities: Providence
Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island"
Became a State: May 29, 1790
Reasons: Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his beliefs in separation of church and state and freedom of religion. He fled and lived with the Narragansett Indians and formed Providence in 1636. Anne Hutchinson was also banished for speaking out against the Church in Massachusetts Bay. She formed Portsmouth. Two other settlements arose and all four joined together with permission from England to form Providence Plantations – later called Rhode Island
Target Resident(s): fisherman/ Protestant, Jews, Christians
Residency requirements: White male landowners
Government: self government
Religion: Congregationalist
Celebrities: Roger Williams
Ambrose Burnside
Meredith Vieira
Paul 'Pauly D' DelVecchio
Major Industry: Agriculture (livestock, dairy, fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering)
Major Cities: Providence
Colony Named for: Dutch for "red island"
Became a State: May 29, 1790
Reasons: Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his beliefs in separation of church and state and freedom of religion. He fled and lived with the Narragansett Indians and formed Providence in 1636. Anne Hutchinson was also banished for speaking out against the Church in Massachusetts Bay. She formed Portsmouth. Two other settlements arose and all four joined together with permission from England to form Providence Plantations – later called Rhode Island
Target Resident(s): fisherman/ Protestant, Jews, Christians
Residency requirements: White male landowners
Government: self government
Religion: Congregationalist
Celebrities: Roger Williams
Ambrose Burnside
Meredith Vieira
Paul 'Pauly D' DelVecchio