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Rhode Island

state, United States
Also known as: Ocean State, The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations(Show More)
Written by
J. Stanley Lemons
Emeritus Professor of History, Rhode Island College.coauthor, Rhode Island: The Independent State; coauthor, The Elect: Rhode Island's Women Legislators, 1922-90.
J. Stanley Lemons
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Rhode Island, constituent state of the United States of America. It was one of the original 13 states and is one of the six New England states. Rhode Island is bounded to the north and east by Massachusetts, to the south by Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound of the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west by Connecticut. It is the smallest state in the union—only about 48 miles (77 km) long and 37...

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