Providence Plantations

Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his unorthodox religious views, minister Roger Williams set out in 1636 and settled at the northern tip of Narragansett Bay, which he called Providence Plantations.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | clusterflock 2009

In 1663, English King Charles II granted a royal charter joining all the settlements into a single colony called “The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.”

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | clusterflock 2009

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the full name, is even worse, a misbegotten mash-up of 17th-century geographic make-believe and turgid bureaucratic legalese.

Of the war... it lies red.... Ann Althouse 2009

It united all the colonies into one, under the name Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2007

Eventually, the state of Rhode Island—and Providence Plantations—became a place where Jews, Catholics, Baptists, Quakers, Unitarians, and even atheists came to live together peacefully.

Walking on Air Kolly Easton 2004

Eventually, the state of Rhode Island—and Providence Plantations—became a place where Jews, Catholics, Baptists, Quakers, Unitarians, and even atheists came to live together peacefully.

Walking on Air Kolly Easton 2004

Eventually, the state of Rhode Island—and Providence Plantations—became a place where Jews, Catholics, Baptists, Quakers, Unitarians, and even atheists came to live together peacefully.

Walking on Air Kolly Easton 2004

Eventually, the state of Rhode Island—and Providence Plantations—became a place where Jews, Catholics, Baptists, Quakers, Unitarians, and even atheists came to live together peacefully.

Walking on Air Kolly Easton 2004

Island and Providence Plantations, _one_; Connecticut, _five_; New York,

The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. Andrew W. Young

Providence Plantations enacted a measure providing for a State exhibit, and appropriated $35,000 for the purpose of the same.

Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission