History
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The General Assembly of Rhode Island decided on May 4, 1776 that it would repudiate its allegiance to the British king. Once again, Rhode Island, the home of the "otherwise minded," was going it …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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10/18/12
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The morale in Rhode Island in July l777 was very low. Newport had been occupied by the British since December 1716 and the colony had undergone a miserable winter with serious food and fuel …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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10/11/12
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The burning of the Gaspee June 9, 1772
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Warwick's Gaspee Days celebration recalls one of the most significant events in Rhode Island history. The burning of the Gaspee was the first act of violence in the Revolutionary War. The event …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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10/3/12
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73 views
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Colonial Rhode Island differed economically from most of the other colonies, as it had very little arable land and no large staple crop to trade with England. For this reason, Rhode Islanders turned …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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9/27/12
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202 views
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SAMUEL WARD
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Rhode Island politics has been known to be at its best and its worst when we have a clash of personalities as well as of political parties and philosophies in our elections.
As we look at recent …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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9/20/12
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38 views
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A captain who was competent and could return with a rich cargo was honored in Rhode Island no matter what his status was in other colonies. Such a man was Captain William Kidd.
Kidd was a welcome …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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9/13/12
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Counterfeiting by both men and women was as old as the colony. Every type of money we ever had was copied. This included the wampum peage of the Indians, which was legal tender in Rhode Island until …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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9/6/12
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37 views
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The pillory was usually constructed so as to …
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Looking at the Rhode Island Colonial Record in many ways is like reading today's newspaper. In both we find reports of murder, robbery and counterfeiting, and in both we sometimes have a problem in …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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8/30/12
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31 views
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Philip still had 180 braves, and Church had but 22 braves and 18 white soldiers. The captain split his men up into pairs wherever possible, one white with one Indian. The English force burst into the …
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Terry D'Amato
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8/22/12
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37 views
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On December 10, 1675, in a blinding snowstorm, the thousand soldiers, armed with four-foot long muskets and carrying 20 bullets each, reached their destination an hour or two after noon. Church …
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Terry D'Amato Spencer
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8/16/12
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23 views
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