These communities united, and in King Charles II of England granted them a royal charter, providing for a greater degree of self-government than any other colony in the New World and authorizing the continuation of freedom of religion. The early s was a period of prosperity for Rhode Island. Farming and sea trading became profitable businesses.
Providence and Newport were among the busiest ports in the New World. Despite making profits from the slave trade, Rhode Island was the first colony to prohibit the importation of slaves. All rights reserved.
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It is the second smallest state in the country and one of the most densely populated. One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers.
The first native New Yorkers were the Lenape, an Algonquin people who hunted, fished and farmed in the area between the Delaware and Hudson rivers. Europeans began to explore the region at the beginning of the 16th century—among the first was Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian Except for Hawaii, Indiana Live TV. This Day In History.
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