Glossary Term – Event
Providence founded
Roger Williams, a church elder who was banished from Massachusetts for his separatist beliefs, established Providence in what became Rhode Island.
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Glossary Term – Event
Burning of the Gaspee
Colonists near Providence, Rhode Island, burned the British customs schooner Gaspee after it ran aground.
Glossary Term – Event
Seizure of arms at Newport
Patriots seized arms at Newport, Rhode Island, and carried them to Providence.
Recommended Resource
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
Bolden, Tonya. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl. New York: Henry N. Abrams, 2005.