Rhode Island

Crops: Corn, Beans, squash, tabaco

Live stock: Dary, Cattle, fishing

Rhode Island does not have an Official State Gemstone.

Farming and fishing, as well as lumber were major sources of income.

The small colony that is west of Rhode Island and east of New York is Connecticut.

You can get a regular sized hot dog in Rhode Island, its just that everyone assumes that you would prefer the House specialty which they affectionately call gaggers.

They are connected so it depends on from where in MA to where in RI you are going to

Providence is the capital city in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island became a state on May 17 1790

They were a strange mixture much like any society today. Rhode Island combined a mix of religious zealots and non-conformists with industrious and creative thinkers and a band of smugglers and slavers who defied the law. It contained both the bad and the good, the selfish and the selfless, saints and sinners. It had do-gooders and a healthy mix of robber barons and common robbers.

The fish commonly known as the "Striped Bass" (morone saxatilis) was designated as the official state fish on July 13, 2000.

Apportioning of Congressional representatives is based on population. As the number is finite (435), the population of each district varies with each census. One of the most watched tipping points is the point at which a state has enough population to merit 2 representatives instead of 1. Rhode Island (with just under 1.1 million population in 2000) is one of the smallest states to have 2 congressional districts. Montana, with over 900,000 residents is the largest state with only a single Congressman. Rhode Island's two representatives, therefore, represent about 540,000 people, while Montana's lone representative represents almost twice that many.
Two, Kennedy and Langevin.

The state of Rhode Island is in the northeastern part of the United States, in an area of the country known as New England. Connecticut is to the west, and Massachusetts is to the north and east. Directly to the south is the Atlantic Ocean, while the easternmost tip of Long Island (part of New York State) lies off to the southwest.

Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams. He signed the deed to it in I think 1641. It was founded by when he was kicked out of Massachusetts because of his religious beliefs and what religion he preached.

DISTANCE FROM BOSTON,MA,US TO NEWPORT,RI,US 60 MI/ 97 KM

Rhode Island is not an island, although it includes some. It is a US state on the Atlantic coast south of Massachusetts and east of Connecticut.

Rhode island is better than any other of the loser states

William Blackstone was the first Rhode Island settler. But Providence (Rhode Island's capital) was founded as a Rhode Island settlement by Roger Williams.

Jerimoth Hill, in the Town of Foster, with an elevation of 812 feet above sea level. It is located about 19 miles west of Providence.

The driving distance between Bangor, ME and Providence, RI is approximately 285 miles. The driving time would be approximately 4 hours 30 minutes if you were to travel non-stop in good driving conditions. (The driving time does not take into consideration conditions which may extend trip time such as weather, road work, border crossings and rush hour traffic in urban areas.)

Many of the settlers in Connecticut came from the Netherlands. The first colony in what is now Connecticut was named New Netherland. Other settlers and colonists in Connecticut were from England.

One of the most popular types of food items in Rhode Island is seafood. Other popular items include cheese, apples and clam chowder.

The driving distance from Providence, Rhode Island to Chicago, Illinois is 970 miles via I-287 W to I-80 W per MapQuest. The driving time per MapQuest is 14 hours and 56 minutes.

Rhode Island was unique in that it offered religious freedom. Most other colonies had a state-sponsored or "Established" church. Within that colony, you had to practice the "established" religion, or you would be barred from certain activities such as voting or running for political office. In Maryland, for example, the Roman Catholic religion was the "Established Church" and non-catholics were discriminated against.

Rhode Island did not have an established church, and did not discriminate against anyone. For example, the first Jewish Synagogues in the New World were in Newport, Rhode Island.

On a side note, you may recall the curious phrasing of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. It was worded that way because no colony wanted to have the Federal government make any changes to their "Establishments of Religion". So the Bill of Rights prevents the Federal government from establishing its own church, but does not prevent the individual States from having their own established churches.