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it was discovered by Adriaen Block and is named after him. he was born and died in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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his name was William Blackstone he came to Rhode Island because he was banned from Massachusetts Bay colonies
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she was banned from Massachusetts for heresy so she left and founded Portsmouth. she was a mother of 15.
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it was founded by Roger Williams
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it was founded by roger Williams and they formed a single government. its the most populated city in Rhode Island today
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they encountered a lot of native people and they were not immune to there diseases
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between Narragansett Indians and colonists. several thousand Indians died and hundreds of colonists died. there was a lot of property damage
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Wampanoag Indian chief, King Philip, was executed. one of the most expensive wars of resistance
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ordered Rhode Island to submit to Dominion of New England.
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became King after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and Rhode Island's independent government resumed under the 1663 charter, which was used as the state constitution until 1842
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A man had to own $134 worth of Real Estate to be a voter. The oldest son of a Free-holder, though a fool, could vote; but his others sons, however talented, could not vote, unless they owned $134 worth of Real Estate. A man might have any amount of personal property and pay a tax on it, but could not vote. All able bodied men from 18 to 45 years of age had to bear arms, but could not vote.
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was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution
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Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Georgia prohibit the importation of slaves.
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Rhode Island first American colony to declare independence from Britain
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Stephen Hopkins was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
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But they failed to oust British
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It is reported that several officers entreated their general to delay the evacuation till to-day, that the epoch of their King’s accession to the throne might not be disgraced by the evacuation of one of his most important posts in America
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it was a short statute extending the roman catholic citizens to the same rights as the Protestants
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The Founding Fathers turned to the Rushworth's Collections of England for revolutionary precedents. George Washington presided. But Rhode Island refused to send delegates.
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They held out for an amendment securing religious freedom. The state was largely founded by Baptists fleeing persecution in Massachusetts.
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A war between the United States and Great Britain, and Britain's Indian allies, lasted from 1812 to 1815. The U.S. declared war and historians have long debated the multiple factors behind that decision.
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Pawtucket was a major contributor of cotton textiles during the American Industrial Revolution.
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Dorr forces held an inauguration with a great parade of artisans, shopkeepers, mechanics, and militia marching through Providence. The newly elected People’s Legislature was convened. Dorr led a fiasco of an attack on the state arsenal, his cannon misfiring. Dorr’s arrest was ordered by the regular governor, and he went into hiding outside the state, trying to raise military support
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opposed by former Dorrites, used intimidation of state militia, of employees by employers, of tenants by landlords, to get out their vote. It lost in the industrial towns, but got the vote of the agrarian areas, and won all major offices
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Old Colony trains ran from Boston to points such as Plymouth, Fall River, New Bedford, Newport, Providence, Fitchburg, Lowell and Cape Cod.
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The men were organized into about 10 infantry regiments, 4 cavalry units, and 6 artillery units including one Colored Troop.
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After the war, in 1865, Rhode Island abolished racial segregation throughout the state
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President Rutherford Hayes tested new telephone
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October 6, 1884, Secretary of the Navy William E. Chandler signed General Order 325, which began by simply stating: "A college is hereby established for an advanced course of professional study for naval officers
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The Breakers is the grandest of Newport's summer "cottages"
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Democrats replaced Republican dominance in House and Senate. Since then, the Speaker of the House has always been a Democrat and one of the most powerful figures in government.
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had a celebration celebrating 300 years by making a half doller
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caused signifcant damages to housing
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19 killedpeople were killed. 3,800 homes lost and over $90,000,000 in damages
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3 people died. $21 million in damage at Woonsocket. Severe flooding
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a suspension bridge operated by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority that spans the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island
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21 lives were lost and The storm was primarily known as "Storm Larry" following the local convention promoted by the Travelers Weather Service on television and radio stations there
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is a former Republican U.S. representative from Rhode Island. She was the first, and to date only, woman elected to Congress from Rhode Island.
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spilled millons gallons of fuel near Newport. In a report on the accident, the safety board blamed the ship's captain, Iakovos Georgudis, for the spill, saying he was so tired after nearly a day and a half without rest that he allowed himself to get distracted with paperwork
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millions of gallons of fuel oil spilled near South Kingstown. On January 19, 1996, during a severe winter storm, the tugboat Scandia caught fire along the southern coast of Rhode Island. The crew abandoned the tug
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100 people died The Station nightclub fire occurred on Thursday, February 20, 2003, in West Warwick, Rhode Island. The fire was caused by pyrotechnics set off by the tour manager of the evening's headlining band Great White
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Governor Donald Carcieri signed into law a bill which makes the buying and selling of sexual services a crime. Prostitution was legal in Rhode Island between 1980 and 2009 because there was no specific statute to define the act and outlaw it.
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it forced thousands from homes. It had a lot of property damage over $200 million
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Gay couples got equal rights and could now marry who they wanted
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It knocked down trees, power lines, left over 500,000 without power
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Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee issued an executive order that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.
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Dozens of women who attended a Rhode Island high school run by the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order urged the Vatican to close the program, saying the psychological abuse they endured trying to live like teenage nuns led to multiple cases of anorexia.
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In Rhode Island former Central Falls mayor Charles Moreau, convicted in 2012 of corruption, was freed from prison after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe. An appeals court had thrown his earlier conviction into question.
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government plans to sell leases for wind farms US Interior Sec. Ken Salazar said the off the coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia.
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Ten states kicked off the new year with a of between 10 and 35 cents. The rises went into effect in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
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Rhode Island held a buy-back day and netted 186 firearms.
