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
Connecticut Colony
surface form: Colony of Connecticut

Massachusetts Bay Colony
surface form: Colony of Massachusetts Bay
capital Newport, Rhode Island
surface form: 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, Rhode Island
surface form: 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 Colonial America
surface form: British America

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

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Thirteen Colonies hasPart Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Massachusetts Bay Colony borderedBy Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: Rhode Island Colony
British colonial authorities exercisedPowerIn Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Nathanael Greene birthPlace Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Connecticut Colony borderedBy Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: Rhode Island Colony
Province of Massachusetts Bay borderedBy Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Anne Hutchinson associatedWith Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: Rhode Island Colony
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 Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: Rhode Island colonists
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 Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 recognizedPoliticalEntity Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: 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 Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: restored 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 Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
United Colonies of America includedTerritory Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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
Lydia Hopkins citizenship Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
subject surface form: Stephen 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 countryOfCitizenship Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
subject surface form: William Greene (Rhode Island governor, born 1695)
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 Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
this entity surface form: Colonial Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
James Franklin deathPlace Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations