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ID: 7013952
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Record Type: administrative |
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Providence (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 49 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.8167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 071 24 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -71.4000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at head of Narragansett Bay on Providence river; purchased by Roger Williams from Amerindians in 1636; grew as trade center for slaves, molasses and rum 1680s; destroyed British tea and housed troops in Revolutionary War; damaged in hurricane of 1938. |
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| Providence (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named by founder R Williams for "God's merciful Providence," after banishment from Plymouth for unorthodox religious views |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Narraganset Indians lived in the area prior to European-American settlement in 1636 |
| city (C) |
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incorporated 1831 |
| state capital (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| seaport (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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distribution point for oil, coal, gas, cement & lumber |
| industrial center (C) |
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produces machinery & machine tools, textiles, rubber goods & jewelry |
| university center (C) |
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for Brown University since 1770, also has several other educational institutions including Rhode Island School of Design |
| political center (H) |
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noted as site of Rhode Island Independence Act in May, 1776, months before nation's Declaration of Independence from Britain |
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