Rhode Island
- Founded By: Roger Williams
- Founded in: 1636
- Reason For Founding: Roger Williams was kicked out of Massachusetts for wanting a different religion. Then 3 others were kicked out and with the King’s permission they created Rhode Island.
- Economy: Agriculture
- Geography: Is bordered by the North Atlantic Ocean and has some small islands that are part of it just off the coast.
- Government: They had a governor and assistants
- Celebrity Residents: roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Gilbert Stuart, and Nicholas Colasanto.
- Religion: freedom of religion
- Residency Requirements: People who wanted to have religious freedom and/or were banished from their colony because they didn’t want to study the religion of that colony and went against it.
- Target Residents: People who wanted to have the freedom of religion or were kicked out of a colony because they went against the religion there.
- Founding Document: Charter of Rhode Island: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/ri04.asp