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... Island Sound south of Westerly . Mount Hope Bay feeds water from Massachusetts into Narragansett Bay , which has always been Rhode Island's greatest asset , providing a convenient waterway running two - thirds the length of the state ...
... Island Sound south of Westerly . Mount Hope Bay feeds water from Massachusetts into Narragansett Bay , which has always been Rhode Island's greatest asset , providing a convenient waterway running two - thirds the length of the state ...
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... Rhode Island . Roger Williams wrote that he had founded Provi- dence as a place of refuge for " those distressed for cause of conscience , " and the principle of absolute religious freedom has been an abiding article of Rhode Island's ...
... Rhode Island . Roger Williams wrote that he had founded Provi- dence as a place of refuge for " those distressed for cause of conscience , " and the principle of absolute religious freedom has been an abiding article of Rhode Island's ...
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... Island to the Mediterranean island of Rhodes . The earliest settlers thought that Verrazzano had referred to the island which the Indians called Aquidneck and thus began calling it Rhode Island . In the state's official name - The State of ...
... Island to the Mediterranean island of Rhodes . The earliest settlers thought that Verrazzano had referred to the island which the Indians called Aquidneck and thus began calling it Rhode Island . In the state's official name - The State of ...
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