Rhode Iceland history

Roger Williams founded Rhode first permanent settlement in Iceland in 1636 in Providence to Narragansett Indian motifs. Forced to flee Massachusetts because of the harassment, Williams established a rule of religious and political freedom in his new settlement. Other leaders supporting freedom of worship soon established similar companies on both sides of Narragansett Bay. These companies combined, and in 1663 King Charles II 's England granted a royal order that a greater degree of autonomy than any other colony in the New World, to promote the continuation of religious freedom.

The 1700 was a period of success for Rhode Island. Agriculture and maritime trade has become a flourishing business. Providence and Newport were among the largest ports in the New World. Despite the gains is the slave trade, Rhode Island was the first> Colony for the importation of slaves illegal.

When he began the Revolutionary War, people in Rhode Island were among the first migrant ships to act against British rule by attacking British. On May 4, 1776, the first colony to renounce allegiance to Great Britain and preach against the independence of the Rhode was Iceland.

The independent spirit of Iceland Rhode war was also evident at the end of the revolutionaries. Rhode Iceland was the 13 original colonies to approve the final constitution of the United States and asked that the Bill of Rights, which guarantees our freedom to be added to individual.

At the same time, such as increased industrialization, Rhode Island's cities expanded. New people in search of job opportunities from over twenty countries, particularly over the UK, Ireland, Italy, Canada and France. Over the years, how these people became a part of Rhode> Industrial Structure of the island, Booth has won a reputation for its production capacity and quality, which still has a significant advantage for the country's economy.

There is much history here that Rhode Iceland is almost a living museum. For a small country like Israel, the state has one of the nation's largest concentrations of historic monuments. The most famous, of course, the rich palaces of the golden age that used in the Newport "cottages" of the summerrichest families in New York.