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ID: 7007711
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Record Type: administrative |
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Rhode Island (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 071 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -71.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: First European settlements were established by English colonists banished from Massachusetts in 1630s; attracted diverse population, including Quakers and Jews; fought in Revolution; long resisted ratification of the Constitution; was strongly pro-Union. |
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| Rhode Island (preferred,C,V)
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............ | from Verrazano (1524, referring to its similarity to Rhodes, Greece) or from Block (1614, from Dutch for "red" color of soil) |
| State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (C,V)
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............ | official name |
| RI (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, C) |
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since May 29, 1790 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIX, 285 ff. |
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