Rhode Island-Quadricentennial Plaza-Jamestown Settlement - Jamestown VA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 13.563 W 076° 46.976
18S E 341825 N 4121438
Roger Williams established the first settlement at Providence in 1636 with a group of followers from Massachusetts Bay Colony who sought freedom of worship.
Waymark Code: WM13DD6
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2020
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Rhode Island-Quadricentennial Plaza— Jamestown Settlement —One of the original colonies Capital-Providence--Roger Williams established the first settlement at Providence in 1636 with a group of followers from Massachusetts Bay Colony who sought freedom of worship. Portsmouth and Newport were founded in 1638 and 1639. In 1643, Warwick was established by Samuel Groton and subsequently a parliamentary patent was obtained uniting these four settlements. King Charles II granted the unified colony a charter in 1663, which guaranteed complete religious liberty.
1524-Explored by Giovanni da Verrazano for France
1636-Permanently settled by the English
1790-Admitted to the Union as the 13th state.
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