Rhode island Colony
- The Rhode Island Colony was founded in 1637 by Roger Williams.
- Roger Williams: Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his beliefs in the separation of church and state and freedom of religion. Fled and lived with Narragansett Indians and later formed the Rhode Island Colony.
- Rhode Island Colony was established for religious freedom and separation of the church.
- Anne Hutchinson: Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony and came to this colony with her family and 60 followers. She formed Portsmouth.
- One of the coldest colonies in the region.
- By 1761, Rhode Island had 22 distilleries and 3 sugar refineries.
- First colony to guarantee all its citizens a freedom of worship.
- Known for its fierce independence.
- Last to ratify the U.S. Constitution.