they went to RI for religious freedom of Christianity, compared to the other colonies where they were from where protestant denominations and noncatholic/puritans were looked down upon and outcasted.
People in Rhode Island made money by trading(trading ports where the ships sailed to different places for foods,spices,cotton)and many factories that manufactured these ships,clothing/materials,and processed the foods.
Rhode island
because it is the best colony ever and there are no laws or rules and you don't have to go to school.
They are the following states: New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maine (part of Massachusetts), Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
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People in Rhode Island made money by trading(trading ports where the ships sailed to different places for foods,spices,cotton)and many factories that manufactured these ships,clothing/materials,and processed the foods.
Rhode island
Rodger Williams in 1636.
It was the triangular Trade
Roger Williams
because it is the best colony ever and there are no laws or rules and you don't have to go to school.
Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut
They are the following states: New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maine (part of Massachusetts), Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
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It was fishing and fishing and fishing and planting and planting and plantign and dancing!!
Well, honey, in the 1600s in Rhode Island, folks were busy with jobs like farming, fishing, shipbuilding, trading, and some were even dabbling in piracy. It was a real mixed bag of occupations back then, but one thing's for sure, they were working hard to make a living in those colonial days.
what natural resources were available in the rhode island