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The Native Indians of Rhode
Island included the Nipmuc, Pequot, Wampanoag and
Narraganset tribes
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1524 |
Italian explorer Giovanni da
Verrazano ( 1485 - 1528 ) employed by France,
discovers Rhode Island
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1609 |
Henry Hudson (1565-1611)
English and navigator explores the area on behalf of
the Dutch |
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1614 |
Dutch explorer Adriaen Block
visited the island - he changed the name of
Aquidneck changed to "the Isle of Rhodes, or Rhode
Island."
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1634 |
William Blackstone was the
first Rhode Island settler |
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1636 |
Roger Williams, a religious
exile from Massachusetts, was the founder of
Providence as a Rhode Island settlement
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1638 |
The Portsmouth compact was
signed |
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1643 |
Samuel Gorton founded Warwick
named in honor of the Earl of Warwick |
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1663 |
King Charles II granted the
royal Charter of Rhode Island |
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1675 |
1675 - 1677: King Philip's War
so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who
was called Philip by the English. The war was bloody
and bitterly fought by the colonists against the
Wampanoags, Narragansetts, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, and
Abenakis. During King Philip's War, up to one third
of America's white population was wiped out. This
war proved to be the final struggle by the Native
Americans of Rhode Island
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1756 |
1756 - 1763: The Seven Years
War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over
land is won by Great Britain. France gives England
all French territory east of the Mississippi River,
except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and
west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1775 |
1775 - 1783 - The American
Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes
and total power to legislate any laws governing the
American colonies
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1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
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1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
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1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
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1790 |
Statehood - The Date that
Rhode Island was admitted to the Union - May 29,
1790. Constitution - Rhode Island was the 13th State
to be admitted to the Union.
State Motto - " Hope "
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1803 |
The Louisiana Purchase - In
1803, the United States bought the Louisiana
Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary of State,
James Madison paid 15 million dollars for the land
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1812 |
1812 - 1815: The War of 1812
between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate
but confirmed America's Independence
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1859 |
John Brown raided Harpers
Ferry and set in motion events that led directly to
the outbreak of the Civil War.
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known
opponent of slavery, was elected president and in
1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of
South Carolina was followed by the secession of
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the
Confederate States of America. The bombardment of
Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1865 |
1865 December 6 - The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1898 |
1898-1901 The Spanish American
War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US
annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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