The first colonial settlement in what is now Rhode Island was founded by Puritan minister and theologian Roger Williams. In the spring of , Williams and his followers came to Narragansett Bay and asked for a permission to settle in the area from the local tribe. Williams named the settlement Providence Plantations because he believed it was divine providence that had brought him there, and declared it a haven of religious freedom. A year later, Coddington had a falling out with Hutchinson and founded the new settlement of Newport in the southern part of the island.
Rhode Island is nicknamed the Ocean State because it has more than miles of coastline. Everyone in the state lives within a half-hour drive to the sea! The smallest state in the United States , Rhode Island is only about 48 miles long and 37 miles wide. It can be divided into two geographical regions.
The region has lagoons and sandy beaches. It becomes forested west of the bay. But some of those animals have made a comeback. Black bears, beavers , and fishers a type of weasel have all returned to the land. Other common mammals are minks, raccoons , and river otters. The tiny state is also big on birds , especially along the coastline.
Reptiles such as the northern redbelly and eastern smooth green snake live here. It is the second smallest state in the country and one of the most densely populated. One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. The first native New Yorkers were the Lenape, an Algonquin people who hunted, fished and farmed in the area between the Delaware and Hudson rivers. Europeans began to explore the region at the beginning of the 16th century—among the first was Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian Except for Hawaii, Indiana Live TV.
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