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State of Rhode Island Coloring Page Sheets
The 50 States coloring pages
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Rhode Island coloring pages are a fun way to teach Pre-K through 3rd grade students history, geography and demographics,
and for elementary students to learn about their own (and other) states.
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RI - Rhode Island Coloring Pages
Rhode Island Postage Stamp Coloring Page - USPS State Stamp
Rhode Island State Quarter Coloring Page - 50 State Quarter
Rhode Island State Flag Coloring Page - State Flag to Color
Rhode Island Map 1 Coloring Page - State Demographic Map to Color
Rhode Island Map 2 Coloring Page - Easy State Shape Outline Map
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The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island is a state in the New England region of the United States.
It is the smallest U.S. state by area. Rhode Island borders Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, and it shares a water boundary with New York's Fishers Island to the southwest.
Rhode Island's official nickname is "The Ocean State," a reference to the state's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays
and inlets that amount to about 30% of its total area.
Despite the name, most of Rhode Island is on the mainland United States. The name Rhode Island and Providence Plantations derives from the
merger of two colonies, Providence Plantations and Rhode Island. Providence Plantations was the name of the colony founded by Roger Williams
in the area now known as the City of Providence. Rhode Island, the other colonial settlement, was founded in the area of present-day Newport,
on Aquidneck Island, the largest of several islands in Narragansett Bay.
It is unclear how Aquidneck Island came to be known as Rhode Island. In 1524, the explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano noted the presence of an
island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay, which he likened to the Greek island of Rhodes. Although it is unclear to which island Verrazzano
was referring, the pilgrims who later colonized the area decided to apply the moniker "Rhode Island" to Aquidneck Island. The earliest known
use of the name "Rode Island" was in 1637 by Roger Williams. The name was officially applied to the island in 1644 with these words:
"Aquethneck shall be henceforth called the Ile of Rods or Rhod-Island." The name "Isle of Rodes" is found used in a legal document as
late as 1646.
Rhode Island was the first of the thirteen original colonies to declare independence from British rule and the last to ratify the
United States Constitution.
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*** State information courtesy of Wikipedia ***
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