Langley-Adams Library (Groveland)

Rhode Island, Craig A. Doherty, Katherine M. Doherty

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

non fiction

Rhode Island

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Craig A. Doherty, Katherine M. Doherty

The Thirteen Colonies

For more than 200 years, since the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788, the government, courts, and people of the United States have been shaped by the words in the document. To understand how the United States came together as a nation, students must first acquaint themselves with the original 13 colonies, and how each of the original colonial followed its own path to the ratification of the Constitution. Rhode Island discusses life in the early colony, including the growth of the colony under Roger Williams, farming, trading, the history of slavery in the colony, the presence of pirates, and the Pequot War and King Phillip's War. It covers the early explorers, the growth of European nation-states, and the American Indian civilizations that existed before the Europeans arrived, as well as the first settlements in Rhode Island, including Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport. This engaging volume closes with a description of the battles and events of the Revolutionary War, such as the Battle of Rhode Island, and an examination of its place as the thirteenth and last state to ratify the Constitution

Introduction -- First contacts -- First settlement -- Creating the Colony of Rhode Island -- Growth of Rhode Island -- Life in Rhode Island -- Road to revolution -- War for independence -- Reluctant member of the New Nation -- Rhode Island time line -- Rhode Island historical sites -- Further reading -- Books -- Web Sites -- Index

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