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[[Image:Rhodeislandstatecap.JPG|thumb|370px|Rhode Island Capitol building.]]

[[File:Rhodeislandstatecap.JPG|thumb|370px|Rhode Island Capitol building.]]

'''Rhode Island''' is the smallest U.S. state in land area (48 miles long by 37 miles wide<ref>http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/regions/index.aspx</ref>) and one of the original thirteen colonies. Its area is 1,214 square miles, less than one-seventh the size of [[New Jersey]].

'''Rhode Island''' is the smallest U.S. state in land area (48 miles long by 37 miles wide<ref>http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/regions/index.aspx</ref>) and one of the original thirteen colonies. Its area is 1,214 square miles, less than one-seventh the size of [[New Jersey]].

Its official name is actually "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."<ref>http://www.sec.state.ri.us/library/riinfo/riinfo/knowrhode</ref> So, even though it is the smallest state in the [[United States]], it has the longest name.

Its official name is actually "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."<ref>http://www.sec.state.ri.us/library/riinfo/riinfo/knowrhode</ref> So, even though it is the smallest state in the [[United States]], it has the longest name.

'''[[Providence]]''', the capital of Rhode Island, was founded by [[Roger Williams]]. It was the first government in the world to be founded on the principles of religious liberty, and separation of church and state. This was very different from the situation in Boston, which was ruled by the [[Puritan]] [[theocracy]]. [[Quaker]]s, for example, were welcome in Rhode Island but not permitted in [[Boston]]. For a while the Quakers controlled the colony of Rhode Island, and took an active part in [[King Phillips War]].

'''[[Providence]]''', the capital of Rhode Island, was founded by [[Roger Williams]]. It was the first government in the world to be founded on the principles of religious liberty, and separation of church and state. This was very different from the situation in Boston, which was ruled by the [[Puritan]] [[theocracy]]. [[Quaker]]s, for example, were welcome in Rhode Island but not permitted in [[Boston]]. For a while the Quakers controlled the colony of Rhode Island, and took an active part in King Phillips War.

The state Constitution of Rhode Island, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says:

The state Constitution of Rhode Island, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says:

:''We, the people of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and to transmit the same, unimpaired, to succeeding generations, do ordain and establish this Constitution of government.''

:''We, the people of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and to transmit the same, unimpaired, to succeeding generations, do ordain and establish this Constitution of government.''

== Elected Officials ==

==Elected Officials==

Rhode Island [[Democrat]] Sen. [[Sheldon Whitehouse]] is a [[systemic racism|systemic racist]] who is a member of an [[white supremacy|all-white]] beach club in which his wife is a major shareholder.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/democrat-gets-cornered-over-being-a-member-of-all-white-private-elite-club/</ref><ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/06/21/sen-sheldon-whitehouses-office-says-beach-club-has-had-members-of-color-doesnt-explain-why-he-said-theyre-still-working-on-it/</ref>

Rhode Island [[Democrat]] Sen. [[Sheldon Whitehouse]] is a [[systemic racism|systemic racist]] who is a member of an [[white supremacy|all-white]] beach club in which his wife is a major shareholder.<ref>https://therightscoop.com/democrat-gets-cornered-over-being-a-member-of-all-white-private-elite-club/</ref><ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/06/21/sen-sheldon-whitehouses-office-says-beach-club-has-had-members-of-color-doesnt-explain-why-he-said-theyre-still-working-on-it/</ref>

*State Treasurer [[Seth Magaziner]] (D)

*State Treasurer [[Seth Magaziner]] (D)

== Interesting facts about Rhode Island ==  

==Interesting facts about Rhode Island==  

 

* Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the [[Constitutional Convention]], which drafted the [[U.S. Constitution]]

* Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the [[Constitutional Convention]], which drafted the [[U.S. Constitution]]

*[[Aimé J. Forand]], Democrat U.S. representative who was part of the [[Cox Committee]]

*[[Aimé J. Forand]], Democrat U.S. representative who was part of the [[Cox Committee]]

== See also ==

==See also==

 

*[[State Governors]]

*[[State Governors]]