Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1636–1776
	Flag Seal
Capital	Providence, Newport
Languages	English, Narragansett, Massachusett
Government	Self-governing colony; (1636–1651; 1653–1776); Proprietary colony; (1651–1653);
Governor
• 1636–1644	Roger Williams
• 1644–1775	(list)
• 1775–1776	Nicholas Cooke
Legislature	General Assembly
• Upper House; (de facto)	Council of Assistants
• Lower House; (de facto)	House of Deputies
Historical era	British colonization of the Americas; Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640);
• Established	1636
• Foundation	1637
• Patent for Settlment	1643-1644
• Coddington Commission	1651–1653
• Royal Charter	1663
• Part of the Dominion of New England	1686–1689
• Resumption of Royal Charter	1688
• Disestablished	1776
Currency	Rhode Island pound
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Narragansett
Rhode Island
Dominion of New England
Today part of	Rhode Island

The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It was founded by Roger Williams. It was an English colony from 1636 until 1707, and then a colony of Great Britain until the American Revolution in 1776, when it became the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.