Rhode+Island

media type="custom" key="9233866"1.Rhode Island was settled by colonists who were forced out of Massachusetts. The founder was Roger Williams, a minister. 2.In 1636, the colony was established as the Providence Plantations
 * The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ||
 * **Origin of Name:** From the Greek Island of Rhodes ||
 * **State Nickname:** The Ocean State || **State Motto:** Hope ||
 * **State Bird:** Rhode Island Red Hen || **State Tree:** Red Maple ||
 * **State Song:** “Rhode Island, It's for Me" || **State Flower:** Violet ||
 * state capital:Providence ||  ||
 * **Famous Rhode Islanders:** Bobby Hackett (trumpeter), David Hartman (TV newscaster), Ruth Hussey, Anthony Quinn, James Woods (actors), Anne Hutchinson (religious leader), Wilbur John (Quaker leader), King Philip "Metacomet" (Indian leader), Roger Williams (clergyman, founder of Rhode Island) ||
 * **Famous Rhode Islanders:** Bobby Hackett (trumpeter), David Hartman (TV newscaster), Ruth Hussey, Anthony Quinn, James Woods (actors), Anne Hutchinson (religious leader), Wilbur John (Quaker leader), King Philip "Metacomet" (Indian leader), Roger Williams (clergyman, founder of Rhode Island) ||
 * **Famous Rhode Islanders:** Bobby Hackett (trumpeter), David Hartman (TV newscaster), Ruth Hussey, Anthony Quinn, James Woods (actors), Anne Hutchinson (religious leader), Wilbur John (Quaker leader), King Philip "Metacomet" (Indian leader), Roger Williams (clergyman, founder of Rhode Island) ||

3.Rhode Island was founded in New England. 4.Rhode Island was settled by colonists who were forced out of Massachusetts. The First of these was Roger Williams, a minister. Williams felt that people should not be persecuted for their religious practices. In his view the goverment should not force people to worship in a certain way. Williams also believed it was wrong for settlers to take land away from the natives. The ideas of Roger Williams caused him in 1635 to be banished by Massachusett's leaders. in 1636, he fled south and founded Rhode Island. 5.Rhode Island is in the New England colonies. 6.contains articles about our state's past that inform us about often overlooked characters, places and movements from the past. some 5,000 manuscripts, 100,000 books and printed items, 400,000 photographs and maps, 9 million feet of motion-picture film. The Museum division holds over 25,000 objects. The Rhode Island Historical Society offers Membership to meet the needs of individuals and families. For businesses, corporations and non-profit organizations. 7.England colonies such as rhode island and the Native Americans where close so they traded many goods. 8.Rhode Island made ships and fished. They also started a profitable fur trade with the indians. 9. every culture was accepted so there wasn't one religion or one set of costoms. There were many of both.