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Synopsis of Rhode Island
Rhode Island, state in the northeastern United States, in New England, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island became the first of the 13 original colonies to declare its independence from Great Britain. However, it was the last of the 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution of the United States, doing so on May 29, 1790. The smallest state in the Union, it is, after New Jersey, the second most densely populated and one of the most highly industrialized. Its name is a paradox, since most of the state is part of the North American mainland. The name Rhode Island is the official name of the largest island of Narragansett Bay, an estuary that extends through the eastern part of the state. On most maps of the United States, the state appears so small that it is difficult to identify, but its influence is more widely felt than its tiny size would warrant. Providence is Rhode Island's capital and its largest city.
Settlement of Rhode Island dates from 1636, when Roger Williams founded Providence after he had been banished from Massachusetts because of religious and political conflicts with the Puritans. This background of dissent made the colony tolerant of other religious groups.
Rhode Island prospered initially from the sea. Narragansett Bay, having some of the finest harbors on the Atlantic Seaboard, sheltered merchant vessels, privateers, slave runners, and even pirates. With the decline of high profits from maritime commerce, Rhode Island turned in the 1790s to manufacturing. The development of textile manufacturing, along with that of machinery, metal products, jewelry, and silverware, led to such a concentration of industry and population that Rhode Island has virtually become a city-state. However, there remains much unspoiled beauty in the islands and inlets of Narragansett Bay, in the lagoons and salt marshes of the Atlantic shore, and in the rolling hills of Block Island, about 16 km (about 10 mi) out at sea.
Historians disagree over the source of the name Rhode Island. Some claim that it was first used by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524, when he compared Block Island to the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean. Others maintained that the name is a corruption of Roodt Eylandt (Red Island), the name applied to Aquidneck Island in 1614 by the Dutch navigator Adriaen Block because of the red clay on the island's shore. Roger Williams, the English Puritan who founded the Rhode Island colony, was the first to refer to Aquidneck as Rhode Island. The name was incorporated into the official title of the colony in 1663 and, later, of the state. Rhode Island's official nickname is the Ocean State. The state's small size led to the emergence of what is now its most common, although unofficial, nickname, Little Rhody.
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Resolved Question: Hotels in Rhode Island with IN ROOM jacuzzi's?
My boyfriend and I are looking for just a 1-2 night get away, in RI. We want to stay in a hotel with a jacuzzi in our room. However, im having a hard time finding any online. I dont want a cheep dirty motel room, we're looking for something classy to just be with eachother and be able to relax with a nice private jacuzzi.
Looking for any PERSONAL experiances please, and where your suggetions are....
...also if you have any direct links with pictures that i can see of the hotel rooms that would be great.
Thanks to all!!
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Resolved Question: where can i book a room at a hotel/motel?
me and my boyfriend want to get away just for a night or two. preferably somewhere like maine or the cape or rhode island. is there any place where the minimum age requirement is 18? i've checked some places in maine but they are all 21-25. thanks
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Resolved Question: Road trip planning help? Nice town in Florida?
Me and my cousin are going on a road trip this summer from Rhode Island to Florida. We're both seventeen, almost eighteen, and plan to sleep in the back of the van whenever we can. We're trying to pick a destination in Florida, somewhere with plenty of beach, and not too high of a profile like Miami or Tampa. A small city. Also, we need to know of a cheap motel that we could stay in once we're down there? Attractions aren't neccessary, we like to swim and tan.
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Resolved Question: hotels in the newport rhode island area - really cheap?
I am a college student and a friend and I are going up to newport to visit my brother who is at the naval station. I don't have a whole lot of money, but I would really like to see him. What is the cheapest hotel/motel or any other kind of lodging that i can get.
thanks
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Resolved Question: What is the most interesting and visited place in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island during winter?
I will be traveling this coming thursday (Christmas day) from Little Rock, AR to New Haven, CT (where my brother lives). We're gonna have a road trip to east coast states, since i've never been there before, do you guys have any idea the interesting places to visit in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. We prefer the places where we can take beautiful scenery photos, unique landmarks. Also we really like eating and trying new stuff, so what are the recommended places to eat (of course budget is our major consideration since we're only college students.. lol). We don't do skiing.
Please give us some trip ideas and tips (places, foods, motels, transportation, cost, route, etc)
Thanks a lot... we really appreciate it!! ;)
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Resolved Question: I am trying to find the motel in Rhode island and it is call the Tradewind?
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Resolved Question: cheap motels in providence, rhode island?
do you know any cheap motels in providence, rhode island that have dorms, so i can book a bed?
if not, what is the cheapest motel?
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Resolved Question: Hotels in Warick/Newport RI. that allow 6 people in 1 room/suite?
Does anyone know of a hotel in Warwick or Newport Rhode Island that allows 6 people in a room? three adults and 3 kids(my kids, husband and mom). I dont feel like paying a fortune for two rooms, if anyone knows of a place please let me know. Also id prefer if it is a clean safe hotel/motel. i am even interested in cheaper motels as long as they are clean! and dont rent rooms "by the hour". Thanks!
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Resolved Question: Quality and Cleanliness of Motel 6?
i am going on vacation to newport rhode island and i was going to stay at the Motel 6 in either Warwick or Newport but while looking into both locations i read very mixed reviews about them both the newport location seeming to be the scariest my sister and i are locked in an argument over this she is preferring the cheaper Motel 6 option while i being afraid am considering a different location. Has anyone ever stayed at either location? or any motel 6 on the east coast? id appreciate any info you can give me! Be it bad or good. Thanks to all!
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Resolved Question: Cheap places to stay in Connecticut or Rhode Island ?
My friends and I are going for a road trip in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
What are the cheapest places to stay ? Campings ? Motels ?
Any idea where to start looking for that on the web ?
Thanks
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