Did you know that there are nearly 400 miles of shoreline and over 100 beaches in Rhode Island? Officially nicknamed the “Ocean State” but also known as “Little Rhody,” the “Plantation State,” the “Smallest State,” the “Land of Roger Williams,” and the “Southern Gateway of New...
Rhode Island colony was founded on what is now commonly called Aquidneck Island, the largest of several islands in Narragansett Bay, and included the settlements of Newport and Portsmouth.[9] Providence Plantations was the name of the colony founded by Roger Williams in the area now known as th...
To make it simple, but I hope not offensive in it’s trite treatment towards the history of RI: in 1639 the Antinomians came to Rhode Island and settled in Providence. Then Ann Hutchinson left Providence with a slightly different take on religion and came to the island, a further group b...
The state of Rhode Island is situated in the northeastern United States New England region. Within the New England region of the Northeastern United States, Rhode Island occupies an area of 1,214 square miles. Its borders are with Massachusetts to the north and east, Connecticut to the west, ...