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Rhode Island Colony Facts. Rhode Island Colony Facts. Agriculture livestock dairy fishing. Williams was a minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was banished by the Puritans for his teachings. Williams and his settlers moved south from Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled Providence Plantations.
Fishing dairy and livestock were included as the agricultural products. Here are some interesting facts about Colonial Rhode Island. Fish included cod mackerel herring halibut hake bass and sturgeon and whales. Williams was a minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was banished by the Puritans for his teachings. Fact 3 - Major Industries. The European settlement The Dutch was the first European who settled in Rhode Island.
The burning of the Gaspee by Harper Brothers.
They also elected two deputies to help. Now popularly called badminton Rhode Island is often credited with holding the first lawn tennis championship in 1899. The burning of the Gaspee by Harper Brothers. The charter not only separated Rhode Island from the Massachusetts colonies but also brought Rhode Island and Providence Plantations together as one colony to make Rhode Island. 1636 by Roger Williams and others at Providence. Rhode Island is only about 48 miles long and 37 miles wide being the smallest colony in the 13 colonies.