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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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Route 403, also known as the Quonset Freeway, is a numbered state highway located in Washington County and Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The route is a nominally east–west limited-access freeway for its entire length. A spur of Rhode Island Route 4, Route 403 serves Davisville and the Quonset Business Park, providing freeway access to Interstate 95 and the northern Providence metropolitan area from the industrial zone. The western terminus of the freeway is at a trumpet interchange with Route 4 in East Greenwich. The route has three unnumbered interchanges along its 4.5-mile (7.2 km) length, including a junction with U.S. Route 1 in North Kingstown, before terminating at an at-grade intersection with Roger Williams Way and Commerce Park Road in Quonset. Route 403 is the highest numbered route in Rhode Island.

Prior to 2006, Route 403 was a narrow, two-lane road through Davisville. The western terminus of the route was at an interchange with Route 4 and Rhode Island Route 402 in East Greenwich, and the eastern terminus was at U.S. Route 1 in North Kingstown. In order to accommodate increasingly heavy commercial and commuter traffic to and from the Quonset Business Park, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation constructed the Quonset Freeway as an upgraded Route 403. The relocation of the route began in 2000 and was constructed in two phases; Phase 1, a freeway from Quonset to Davisville, opened in June 2006. Phase 2 of the relocation project, which connected the freeway with Route 4, was completed one year ahead of schedule in December 2008. (Full article...)

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The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded by Roger Williams. It was an English colony from 1636 until 1707, and then a colony of Great Britain until the American Revolution in 1776, when it became the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. (Full article...)

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... that James Diossa rescued the only public library and post office in Central Falls, Rhode Island, when the city went into bankruptcy?
... that a Rhode Island TV station broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning?
... 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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The Newport Casino is located at 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 27, 1987.

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Image 1In 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 2In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 3University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 4In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 5University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 6Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 7The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 8Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 9A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 10Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 111884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 12Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 13Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 14Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 15The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 16The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (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 18County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 19The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 20Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 21Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 22Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 23Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 24Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 25Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 26A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 27Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 28University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 29In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 30The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 31County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 32The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 33The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 34Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 35Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 36The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 37The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 38Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 39The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 40The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 41Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 42Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 43In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 44A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 45Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 46University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 471884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 48Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 49Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 50Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 51Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 52The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 53The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 54Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 55The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 56A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 57The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 58The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 59The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 60The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 61Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 62Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 63Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 64Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)

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

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