The offical state name of Rhode Island  mentions "Providence Plantations". What are the "Plantations"?
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Back int he day.. the state used to be divided into two sections;  Rhode Island which is now Aquidneck Island and Providence plantations.. which is the rest of the territory of the state.    I didn't know if you knew that Massachusetts and Maine used to be the same state..
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Rhode Island, I bet. It's small.\n\nI'm right. I checked on wikipedia.com. The size of RI is 1,214 sq. mi.\n\nDeleware is the next smallest state, weighing in at a whopping 2,491 sq. mi.
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Colonial Massachusetts - Massachusetts was the most important northern colony, as well as an important part of New England, where many American institutions and traditions were formed. Unlike southern colonies, it was built around small towns, rather than scattered farms. The Pilgrims settled the Plymouth Colony, and Puritan settlers traveled to Salem and later to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. As the Puritans gradually secularized and became known as Yankees, the Congregational Church continued to dominate most small towns. Late in the colonial period Baptist and other dissenting churches emerged, and the elites in Boston and other cities turned to the Anglican and Unitarian religions. The colony defeated some Indian tribes in King Philip's War in the 1670s, and fought with Britain a series of French and Indian Wars that were characterized by brutal border raids, and successful attacks on Canada. \nPre-revolutionary events - Massachusetts was a center of the American Revolution, with actions by the patriots and counter-actions by the Crown (including the Intolerable Acts) a main reason for unity of the 13 colonies and the outbreak of war, starting with battles around Boston in 1775-76. Also see Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party. \nBattles of the American Revolution - Battles of Lexington and Concord, Siege of Boston, Battle of Bunker Hill. \nFirst Governor of the Commonwealth - John Hancock was the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. \nShays' Rebellion - Western Massachusetts uprising after the Revolution. \nU.S. Constitution - On February 6, 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution. \nSlavery - According to a 1790 census, Massachusetts had a slave population of zero. \nDistrict of Maine - On March 15, 1820, Maine was separated from Massachusetts, of which it had been a non-contiguous part, and entered the Union as the 23rd State. (See Missouri Compromise) \nU.S. Civil War - The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was one of the first African-American regiments in the U.S. military. \nThe Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T) - Known as the Big Dig to locals, it is the most expensive single highway construction project in the United States. The project began 1991, with final construction occurring in 2006. \nRoman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal - In 2002, the diocese was found to have knowingly moved priests who sexually molested children from parish to parish and to have covered up abuse. \nSame-sex marriage - On November 18, 2003, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that the state could not deny marriage rights to same-sex couples under the state constitution. Same-sex marriage is currently legal in Massachusetts. \nInvention of sports: \nCandlepin bowling was invented in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1880. \nBasketball was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891. \nVolleyball was invented in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1895.
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they both founded current states, Pennsylvania(Penn) and Rhode Island(Wiliams).
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Yeah, my Friend told me that she came to visit NYC one time, and had the following conversation with a girl she had met there:\n\n"So, where are you from?"\n"Rhode Island." \n"Long Island? Oh, do you happen to know so-and-so from there?"\n"No. I said I'm from Rhode Island"\n"Oh, isn't that part of New York?"\n\nAnd the six New England states are: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
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[ Massachusetts | Rhode Island | Connecticut | New Hampshire ] \n[ New York | Delaware | New Jersey | Pennsylvania ] \n[ Virginia | Maryland | North Carolina | South Carolina | Georgia ]
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Why do so many people think it is Rhode Island? Because it is the smallest state geographically? \n \nWyoming is the smallest state in population, per the census of 2000.\n  \nRhode Island ranks 43rd...in other words, seven states are smaller. \n \nTop ten:\n    California                 33,871,648  \n    Texas                      20,851,820  \n    New York                   18,976,457   \n    Florida                    15,982,378  \n    Illinois                   12,419,293  \n    Pennsylvania               12,281,054   \n    Ohio                       11,353,140  \n    Michigan                    9,938,444    \n    New Jersey                  8,414,350    \n    Georgia                     8,186,453  \n\nBottom ten:\n    New Hampshire               1,235,786  \n    Hawaii                      1,211,537   \n    Rhode Island                1,048,319  \n    Montana                       902,195  \n    Delaware                      783,600   \n    South Dakota                  754,844  \n    North Dakota                  642,200    \n    Alaska                        626,932  \n    Vermont                       608,827    \n    Wyoming                       493,782
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the united states own puerto rico which is actually a territory, not a state, and one other territory.  I'm not sure what it is called but i think it is located by the philipeans
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Yahoo search   puerto rico flowering trees?
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I o abiti  Puerto Rico.\n\nscuse.
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Together they were the thirteen colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.\n\nTry looking at a map.\n\nDon't cheat on your test.
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Long-Form name:  Republic of Suriname, formerly known as Dutch Guiana or Netherlands Guiana.\n\nPeace,\nGondarite
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It was one of the original thirteen colonies, so it became a state in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed changing the name of the colonies to the states.  Or if you want to be technical, 1789 when the Constitution was adopted officially.
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The full title is State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and actually contains an island called, amazingly, Rhode Island (although the more common name for it is Aquidneck Island). And it's called an island because there's more islands in Rhode Island than there are in Hawaii.
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Massachusetts- 1788\nRhode Island- 1790\nConnecticut- 1788\nNew Hampshire- 1788\nNew York- 1788\nDelaware- 1787\nNew Jersey- 1787\nPennsylvania- 1787\nVirginia- 1788\nMaryland- 1788\nNorth Carolina- 1789\nSouth Carolina- 1788\nGeorgia- 1788
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_statehood\n\n\nDelaware\nPennsylvaina\nNew Jersey\nGeorgia\nConnecticut\nMassacusets\nMaryland\nSouth Carolina\nNew Hampshire\nVirginia
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Rhode Island became a state on May 29, 1790. It was one of the original 13 states.