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Rhode Island - Colonial, Revolution, Industry: Native Americans were present in southern New England by about 9500 bc. When European explorers and settlers arrived in the early 16th century, they found several Algonquian-speaking peoples inhabiting the region.
Rhode Island was the first colony in America to declare independence on May 4, 1776, a full two months before the United States Declaration of Independence. [11] Rhode Islanders had attacked the British warship HMS Gaspee in 1772 as one of the first acts of war leading to the American Revolution.
May 7, 2024 · The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was an English colony in North America that became one of the 13 Original Colonies that voted to declare independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776. It played an important role in the American Revolution.
- Randal Rust
Timeline of important dates and major events in the history of Rhode Island. Illustrated list of events and people from our today in history archives.
29. Apr. 2016. In the last three weeks, I gave you my list of the top fifteen greatest Rhode Islanders of all time. The following famous Rhode Islanders fill out my top five (there is one tie, making six in all). Rhode Islanders can be proud of this top twenty list.
- Christian Mcburney
Nov 9, 2009 · Famous Rhode Islanders include novelists Cormac MacCarthy and Jhumpa Lahiri, actor James Woods, television personality Meredith Vieira and Civil War U.S. Army officer Ambrose Burnside.
This is a list of prominent people who were born in the state of Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the state. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
