Rhode Island
By: Braxton Stanley
Name of colony and region of colony!!
The name of the colony is Rhode Island and the region of the colony is that it is in the New England colony.
Date colony was founded!!
The year that Rhode Island was fully founded was on May 29, in the year 1790.
Who founded the colony??
The founder of this colony is Roger Williams. Roger was born in 1603 but died in the year 1683. Roger was a religious dissenter and founded Rhode Island.
Why did he found this colony??
The reason that roger Williams founded this colony was because Roger was banished from the Massachusetts colony.
Why did he choose that location?
The reason that Roger Williams chose to go to Rhode Island was for liberty and persecution of church and state.
How did they make a living?
The way they made a living by growing crops like corn, also they traded a lot while building ships.
Who settled here?🔥
The types of people that settled in Rhode Island were the Wampanoag, Pequots, Narragansett, and Nipmuck tribes. Lastly many English dissents settled here as well.
What type of government?🔥
The type of government that Rhode Island had are garranting religious freedom, which allowed the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations a self government. In addition to a government, Rhode Island a general assembly consisting of representative from various towns and cities.
Major cities!!!🔥
The major cities of Rhode Island are Providence, Kent, Bristol, Newport, and Washington.
Significant landforms
Rhode Island has many different kinds of landforms. It is so near the ocean, it has over 400 miles of rocky coastline! It also has many rivers and lakes scattered all throughout the land. Rhode Island's highest point is on Jerimoth Hill, and is only 812 feet above sea level.
Religious beliefs!!🔥
There was no religious in the areas inhabited by the
Puritans as they did not tolerate any other form of religion.
3-5 sentences why I would move here!?!🔥
My first reason that I would move here is because it is covered with lakes and beaches around it. Also because it looks pretty well made because all of the buildings are well built and not really any conflict with one another. It has some pretty interesting landmarks and landforms surrounding this state. It has so much going on in the state like it has mountains, ponds, rivers, beaches, and lakes just like North Carolina.