Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was an early English settlement in New England known for its religious tolerance, political independence, and role as one of the original Thirteen Colonies that later formed the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony
Thirteen Colonies
former colony
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Colony of Connecticut
linked to: Connecticut Colony

Colony of Massachusetts Bay
capital Newport
Providence
charterDate 1663
charterGrantedBy Charles II of England
charterName Royal Charter of 1663
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
currency Pound sterling
declaredIndependenceDate 1776-05-04
declaredIndependenceFrom Great Britain
endTime 1776
1776-07-04
foundedBy Anne Hutchinson
John Clarke
Roger Williams
William Coddington
governmentType colonial charter government
self-governing colony
includedSettlement Newport
Portsmouth
Providence
Warwick
knownFor political independence
refuge for religious dissenters
religious freedom
separation of church and state
language English
legalSystem English common law
locatedIn New England
North America
memberOf Thirteen Colonies
motto Hope
namedAfter Ischia
Rhodes
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
partOf British America
linked to: Colonial America

British Empire
New England Colonies
predecessor Narragansett territory
religion religious tolerance
startTime 1636
1636-01-01
successor State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
linked to: Rhode Island

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Thirteen Colonies hasPart Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Massachusetts Bay Colony borderedBy Rhode Island Colony
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
British colonial authorities exercisedPowerIn Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Nathanael Greene birthPlace Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Connecticut Colony borderedBy Rhode Island Colony
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Province of Massachusetts Bay borderedBy Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Anne Hutchinson associatedWith Rhode Island Colony
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Rhode Island Sons of Liberty locatedIn Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Brown University foundingLocation Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Esek Hopkins countryOfCitizenship Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
New England Colonies hasPart Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
United Colonies hasPart Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Metacomet opponent Rhode Island colonists
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Royal Charter of 1663 appliesToJurisdiction Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Royal Charter of 1663 definedTerritoryOf Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Hope isMottoOf Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 appliesToTerritory Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 grantedTo Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 recognizedPoliticalEntity Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
William Coddington residence Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Dominion of New England includesTerritory Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Dominion of New England precededBy Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Dominion of New England followedBy restored Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Province of New England followedBy Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Roger Williams placeOfDeath Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Roger Williams citizenship Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Roger Williams founded Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Great Swamp Fight location Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) belligerent Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
John Clarke coFounded Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
John Clarke associatedWith Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
United Colonies of America includedTerritory Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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Scituate, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations country Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Scituate, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations partOf Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Stephen Hopkins citizenship Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
subject linked to: Lydia Hopkins
Providence Plantations partOf Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence Plantations mergedToForm Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Christopher Raymond Perry placeOfOrigin Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1695) countryOfCitizenship Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
subject linked to: William Greene
Providence Plantation partOf Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Great Swamp Massacre location Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Elizabeth Anthony Stuart residence Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Rhode Island region partOf Colonial Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
linked to: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
James Franklin deathPlace Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations