Rhode+Island

= Rhode Island = =​ by Misa & Emma= == I. Leaders William Bradford, Roger Williams, Nathaniel Greene, Captain Abraham Whipple, Esek Hoppkins, Anne Hutchinson, King Phillip, Sjaston Dobson, Captain Kidd ==

III. What was made/Occupations
Tools, Weapons, Canoes, Clothes, Shoes, Ships, Blacksmith, Cooking, Picking Berries, Guns, Knifes, and Ships/ Shipbuilding, Fishing, and Farming Fish, sheep, logs, cows, horses, apple trees, grapes
 * V. Natural resources/geography:**

They had a lot of war dept because they liked their rights and the British people wouldn't give them them, so they burned the British ships and started a U.S. Navy.
===Neighboring Indians, Harsh Winters, Food Shortages=== Narrangansett Indians; friendly. Harsh winters and food shortages in beginning, but by few years colony became successful and no harsh winters / food shortages.

A. Clothing
Hats, puffy shirts/dresses, formal silk pants, gaudy shirts and dresses, Long Dresses

C. Government
The colony had at least one church, but was one of the first colonies to allow freedom of religion. That was why the Rhode Island colony was formed. Rhode Island didn't want to join the US Constitution because they were afraid the federal government would take away the state's own decisions. The colony only joined to be one of the 13 states because newspapers told them the federal government would help them pay off their war dept. It was the first colony to declare independence from the British but was the last of the 13 colonies to become a state.

VII.I Relationships with Natives
== When Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano visited the Narrangansett Native Americans, he was very impressed about their modern way of life. He formed a bond with them, thus when the colonists came the native americans formed a good bond with the Rhode Islanders. Friendly; helped each other. The neighboring Narrangansett were friendly with the Rhode Island colony. Traded food and weapons with each other. == ===They were very friendly with the Native Americans, and neighbored one another. And celebrated=== peace on what is now the Thanksgiving == IX. Slavery == == They got the idea to use blacks as their personal servants, to do the things that they were to lazy to do, and started selling and trading the blacks. The Rhode Island Colony passed a law to ban slavery in 1774. == X. Interesting other tidbits Traded molasses, rum, and slaves until the slavery ban. Grassy and fertile, lots of plants; often called the "Garden of New England". Often called the "Ocean State" as Rhode Island sits on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Another nick name is "Little Rhody." Smallest state; longest official name "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". Could fit into Alaska at least 500 times. Famous for stone walls made of stones left over from glaciers. To protest the stamp tax, the Rhode Islanders hung dummies of the tax collecters from trees.