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Rhode Island was granted statehood on May 29th, 1790.
The original government of Rhode Island was that of a Charter Colony. The Charter Colonies were written contracts that followed the British form of government.
Yes the Rhode Island colony is a charter colony.
Yes, Rhode Island and Connecticut were both known as corporate colonies. They had a charter granted to them as inhabitants designating them as a corporate body.
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According to Merriam-Webster, a corporate colony is a charter colony (as Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Virginia) having a royal charter granted to the inhabitants as a corporate body. Corporate colonies had a charter granted by the English monarch to stockholders.
Connecticut and Rhode Island
Rhode Island is one of the original thirteen colonies.
"They decided that Rhode Island would have no established, or official, church."
Roger Williams.
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