Rhode Island

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Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United states of America. It was one of the original 13 colonies, and was originally founded by Roger Williams,a baptist minister exiled from Plymouth colony. He settled in present day Providence, nearby the river. There are two Indian tribes historically in RI. On the eastern shores of the state would be bands of the Wampanoag tribe. In the central coastal and highland areas area would have been the large Narragansett tribe. In nearby Connecticutt, the Niantic and Pequot bordered the territory of the Narragansetts.

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