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Rhode Island (/ˌroʊd-/ ^ⓘ ROHD) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020; but it has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and is the second-most densely populated state, after New Jersey. The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though nearly all its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city.

Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay for thousands of years before English settlers began arriving in the early 17th century. Rhode Island was unique among the Thirteen British Colonies in having been founded by a refugee, Roger Williams, who fled religious persecution in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to establish a haven for religious liberty. He founded Providence in 1636 on land purchased from local tribes, creating the first settlement in North America with an explicitly secular government. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations subsequently became a destination for religious and political dissenters and social outcasts, earning it the moniker "Rogue's Island".

Rhode Island was the first colony to call for a Continental Congress, in 1774, and the first to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown, on May 4, 1776. After the American Revolution, during which it was heavily occupied and contested, Rhode Island became the fourth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, on February 9, 1778. Because its citizens favored a weaker central government, it boycotted the 1787 convention that had drafted the United States Constitution, which it initially refused to ratify; it finally ratified it on May 29, 1790, the last of the original 13 states to do so.

The state was officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since the colonial era but came to be commonly known as "Rhode Island". In November 2020, the state's voters approved an amendment to the state constitution formally dropping "and Providence Plantations" from its full name. Its official nickname is the "Ocean State", a reference to its 400 mi (640 km) of coastline and the large bays and inlets that make up about 14% of its area. (Full article...)

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The John F. Adams House is a historic house in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. In 1983 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places (listed incorrectly as the John E. Adams House); the house's unique exterior and architecture were described in the multiple property submission as the "finest late Italianate dwelling still standing in Pawtucket." Its design is similar to the dwellings designed by Henry Austin and features Moorish window hoods and Indian porch columns. The John F. Adams House was moved back 50 feet (15 m) and turned to face Allen Avenue after it was purchased by the Beacon Oil Company in 1929. This minor move was found not to make it ineligible because of the house's architectural and historical significance. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. (Full article...)

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Ricardo Julio Ledo (born September 10, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Anhui Wenyi of the National Basketball League. He committed to play for the Providence Friars, but the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled him academically ineligible to play during his freshman season in 2012–13. Ledo never played for the Friars that season, and at the end of the year he declared he was entering the 2013 NBA draft. (Full article...)

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... that a Rhode Island TV station broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning?
... that James Diossa rescued the only public library and post office in Central Falls, Rhode Island, when the city went into bankruptcy?
... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad?
... that Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, was described as "the finest in the New Haven system"?

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One hundred years after the declaration that all men are created equal, there began to gather in Newport a colony of the rich, determined to show that some Americans were conspicuously more equal than others.

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Jerimoth Hill is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, at 812 feet (247 m) above sea level. It was formerly controversial due to property complications, but it is now accessible to the public on weekends.

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Image 1University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 2University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 3Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 4In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 5The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 6County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 7University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 8A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 91884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 10The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 111884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 12The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 13The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 14A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 15The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 16Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 17In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)
Image 18Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 19The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 20A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 21The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 22Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 23The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 24Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 25The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 26In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 27Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 28Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 29The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 30Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 31Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 32Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 33The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 34Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 35The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 36Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 37Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 38Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 39Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 40A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 41Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 42Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 43In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 44Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 45Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 46In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 47Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 48Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 49The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 50The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 51Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 52Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 53County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 54Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 55Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 56The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 57Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 58The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 59Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 60The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 61The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 62University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 63Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 64In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)

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A baseball game at McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket, May 7, 2002.

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