Rhode Island Declares Independence

Rhode Island Declares Independence 2011-11-01T15:09:54-07:00

On this day in 1776 the colony of Rhode Island formally renounced any allegiance to the British crown, two months before the lallygags in the other colonies followed suit…

(It would also become the last state to ratify the constitution. But that’s another story…)

We may be small, but we’re feisty…


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