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The French in Rhode Island (Rhode Island Heritage Commission, 1988). Coleman, Peter J. The Transformation of Rhode Island, 1790–1860 (1963). online edition; Conley, Patrick T. The Irish in Rhode Island (Rhode Island Heritage Commission, 1988). Coughtry, Jay A. The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700–1807 (1981).
Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ, pronounced "road") [6] [7] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. [8]
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Historic trails and roads in Rhode Island (2 C, 1 P) Historical societies in Rhode Island (1 C, 6 P) History museums in Rhode Island (2 C, 14 P) L.
D-Day remembered. The official state ceremony recognizing the 80th anniversary of D-Day took place at the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol on June 6. Gov. Dan McKee led a delegation of state ...
Overlapping charters had awarded an area extending three miles inland to both Plymouth Colony and Rhode Island east of Narragansett Bay; this area was awarded to Rhode Island in 1741, establishing Rhode Island's jurisdiction over Barrington, Warren, Bristol, Tiverton, and Little Compton which Massachusetts had claimed. Also adjudicated in the ...
A preliminary analysis presented to the commission in October found of the state’s 39 municipalities, only three met the criteria for a social equity zone set in Rhode Island’s 2022 law ...
Rhode Island held a 24-10 lead through three quarters, but the Aggies rallied with two fourth-quarter touchdowns to tie the game with 6:15 left. ... McKenzie's 3rd TD run lifts Rhode Island past ...