In an attempt to recoup any money Rhode Island will owe to others for rerouting ... of Transportation filed a lawsuit Aug. 16 against 13 engineers and contractors that had inspected or performed ...

There are many more Rhode Island-related quirks to understand, especially in terms of how the locals refer to locations, dishes, and other cultural aspects of the last of the 13 colonies to take ...

Newport, and Rhode Island in general, have deep connections to some of the most infamous pirates of the Golden Age, including ...

On this day in 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, thereby becoming the last of the original founding colonies to ... nine of the 13 states needed to ratify ...

4. It was the last of the 13 colonies to become a state, but the first to declare its independence from Britain on May 4, 1776. 5. In Rhode Island lay the remains of the first girl born to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — 249 years ago Sunday, Rhode Island became the first of the thirteen colonies to formally declare its independence from Great Britain. On May 4, 1776, delegates gathered ...

The smallest colony by population was Delaware at 59,094, barely bigger than Rhode Island’s 68,825. Of the thirteen colonies, which all became states, New York is the largest today with a ...

Rhode Island became the first of the thirteen colonies to ban slavery. The good intentions of those who wrote the law, ...

The United States of America was created in the 18th century with the Declaration of Independence by 13 British colonies in North ... According to World Atlas, Rhode Island is the smallest ...