Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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British colony Thirteen Colonies former colony

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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony → Thirteen Colonies → former colony →
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean → Colony of Connecticut → Colony of Massachusetts Bay →
capital	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 → 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	British America → British Empire → New England Colonies →
predecessor	Narragansett territory →
religion	religious tolerance →
startTime	1636 → 1636-01-01 →
successor	State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Connecticut Colony ("Rhode Island Colony") → Massachusetts Bay Colony ("Rhode Island Colony") → Province of Massachusetts Bay →	borderedBy
New England Colonies → Thirteen Colonies → United Colonies →	hasPart
Dominion of New England ("restored Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations") → Province of New England →	followedBy
Royal Charter of 1663 →	appliesToJurisdiction
Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 →	appliesToTerritory
Anne Hutchinson ("Rhode Island Colony") →	associatedWith
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) →	belligerent
Nathanael Greene ("Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations") →	birthPlace
Roger Williams →	citizenship
Esek Hopkins →	countryOfCitizenship
Royal Charter of 1663 →	definedTerritoryOf
British colonial authorities →	exercisedPowerIn
Roger Williams →	founded
Brown University →	foundingLocation
Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 ("Rhode Island and Providence Plantations") →	grantedTo
Dominion of New England →	includesTerritory
Hope →	isMottoOf
Rhode Island Sons of Liberty →	locatedIn
Great Swamp Fight →	location
Metacomet ("Rhode Island colonists") →	opponent
Roger Williams →	placeOfDeath
Dominion of New England →	precededBy
Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 ("Rhode Island and Providence Plantations") →	recognizedPoliticalEntity
William Coddington →	residence