Colony of Rhode Island

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colony_of_Rhode_Island
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area about 1,214 square miles
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Newport
gptkb:Providence
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Rhode_Island_pound
gptkbp:dissolved 1776
gptkbp:established 1636
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Roger_Williams
gptkbp:governingDocument gptkb:Royal_Charter_of_1663
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colony of Rhode Island
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:New_England
gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkbp:motto Hope
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:King_Philip's_War
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:population about 58,000 (1774)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Narragansett_territory
gptkbp:religiousFreedom yes
gptkbp:successor gptkb:State_of_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6