Rhode Island
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- Names
Rhode Island
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Place Type
- state
- Description
- First European settlements were established by English colonists banished from Massachusetts in 1630s; attracted diverse population, including Quakers and Jews; fought in Revolution; long resisted ratification of the Constitution; was strongly pro-Union.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); Times Atlas of the World (1994); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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