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  1. Coordinates: 41.544°N 71.377°W. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded by Roger Williams.

  2. 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.

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  4. Sep 22, 2022 · Rhode Island was one of the 13 Original Colonies that declared independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776. The colony started as the settlement of Providence, led by Puritan outcast, Roger Williams, as a haven for religious freedom.

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  5. Aug 2, 2020 · Humanities › History & Culture. How Rhode Island Colony Was Founded. Kenneth C. Zirkel / Getty Images. By. Martin Kelly. Updated on August 02, 2020. The colony of Rhode Island was founded between 1636 and 1642 by five separate and combative groups, most of whom had been expelled or left the Massachusetts Bay colony for disputative reasons.

  6. Feb 1, 2021 · Providence Colony (also known as Providence Plantation, modern-day Providence, Rhode Island, USA) was a settlement established in 1636 CE by the Puritan separatist theologian and pastor Roger Williams (l. 1603-1683 CE) after he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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  7. Nov 9, 2009 · Interesting Facts. Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his radical views, Roger Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and founded the first permanent white settlement...

  8. Apr 19, 2024 · Contents. 1 Online Records. 2 History. 3 Resources. 3.1 Church Records. 3.2 Court Records. 3.3 Early Families and Histories. 3.4 Other. 4 References. Online Records | edit source. Many records from the colonial era in New England were kept at the town or county level. Search the catalog at the town or county level to locate those records.

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