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Rhode Island (/ˌroʊd-/ ^ⓘ ROHD) 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. Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020; but it has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and is the second-most densely populated state, after New Jersey. The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though nearly all its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city.

Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay for thousands of years before English settlers began arriving in the early 17th century. Rhode Island was unique among the Thirteen British Colonies in having been founded by a refugee, Roger Williams, who fled religious persecution in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to establish a haven for religious liberty. He founded Providence in 1636 on land purchased from local tribes, creating the first settlement in North America with an explicitly secular government. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations subsequently became a destination for religious and political dissenters and social outcasts, earning it the moniker "Rogue's Island".

Rhode Island was the first colony to call for a Continental Congress, in 1774, and the first to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown, on May 4, 1776. After the American Revolution, during which it was heavily occupied and contested, Rhode Island became the fourth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, on February 9, 1778. Because its citizens favored a weaker central government, it boycotted the 1787 convention that had drafted the United States Constitution, which it initially refused to ratify; it finally ratified it on May 29, 1790, the last of the original 13 states to do so.

The state was officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since the colonial era but came to be commonly known as "Rhode Island". In November 2020, the state's voters approved an amendment to the state constitution formally dropping "and Providence Plantations" from its full name. Its official nickname is the "Ocean State", a reference to its 400 mi (640 km) of coastline and the large bays and inlets that make up about 14% of its area. (Full article...)

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Providence College is a private Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order and the local diocese, it offers 47 undergraduate majors and 17 graduate programs.

The college requires all of its undergraduate students to complete 16 credits in the Development of Western Civilization, a major part of the college's core curriculum. In the spring of 2021, it enrolled 4,128 undergraduate students and 688 graduate students for a total enrollment of 4,816 students. (Full article...)

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Pawtucket (/pəˈtʌkɪt/ ^ⓘ pə-TUK-it) is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island. The population was 75,604 at the 2020 census, making the city the fourth-largest in the state. Pawtucket borders Providence and East Providence to the south, Central Falls and Lincoln to the north, and North Providence to the west. The city also borders the Massachusetts municipalities of Seekonk and Attleboro.

Pawtucket was an early and important center of textile manufacturing. It is home to Slater Mill, a historic textile mill recognized for helping to found the Industrial Revolution in the United States. (Full article...)

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... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad?
... that a Rhode Island TV station broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning?
... that James Diossa rescued the only public library and post office in Central Falls, Rhode Island, when the city went into bankruptcy?
... that Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, was described as "the finest in the New Haven system"?

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Watch Hill is an exclusive coastal village in the southwestern section of the town of Westerly, and the most southwestern town in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Watch Hill is a state-chartered Fire District (1901) and is authorized to tax residents to fund their volunteer fire department, but the bulk of property taxes goes to the town to fund municipal services and schools.

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Image 1In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 2Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 31884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 4Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 5A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 6Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 7Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 8The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 9The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 10Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 11County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 12Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 13In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 14The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 15The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 16In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)
Image 17The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 18Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 19Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 20University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 21Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 22Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 23Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 24A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 25In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 26The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 27Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 28In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 29A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 30Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 31The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 32The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 33A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 34Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 35The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 36The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 37Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 38Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 39Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 40Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 41Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 42University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 43Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 44The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 45County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 46University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 47The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 48University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 49The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 50Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 51The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 52The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 53Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 541884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 55Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 56Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 57Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 58Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 59The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 60The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 61The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 62Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 63Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 64In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)

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