Actually, New Hampshire never applied to join the confederation. However, "heretical" Rhode Island, sought admission to the union but were refused on political and religious grounds. This was the first attempt at major intercolonial cooperation.
1) To best answer your question of the first five American Colonies we first would have to take into account the First five British Colonies, not settlements. They are: Virginia (1607) Massachusetts (1620) New Hampshire (1623) New Jersey (1623) New York (1624) 3) 4
Roger Williams founded the Rhode Island colony. First, he was banished from Massachusetts, and he moved south with his wife. He met the Narangansett tribe and they helped him found his anti-Puritan colony of Rhode Island.
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William Blackstone was the first Rhode Island settler. But Providence (Rhode Island's capital) was founded as a Rhode Island settlement by Roger Williams.
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In 1775, New Hampshire was the first colony to declare its independence from oppressive laws and taxes levied by the British crown.The first colony to declare their independence from England was Rhode Island.North Carolina declared a month before Rhode Island.
William blackstone was the first settlers of Rhode island
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Which English colony in North America was the first to offer complete religious freedom to its settlers?
The first town in Rhode Island was the city of Providence.
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