Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, English Crown Colony of
Substate | Defunct
1663 CE
to 1776 CE
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
It is a colony of the Kingdom of England from 1636 to 1707, when the Acts of Union are passed, then a colony of the unified Kingdom of Great Britain until 1776.
After the American Revolution, it becomes the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (commonly known as just Rhode Island).