Outline of Rhode Island
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General reference
- Names
- Common name: Rhode IslandRhode IslandThe 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...
- Pronunciation: roʊd ˈaɪlɨnd
- Official name: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Abbreviations and name codes
- Postal symbol: RI
- ISO 3166-2 code: US-RI
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- Nicknames
- Little Rhody
- Ocean State (currently used on license platesVehicle registration plates of Rhode IslandThe U.S. state of Rhode Island first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1904.-Passenger baseplates 1957 to present:-External links:*...
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- Common name: Rhode Island
- Adjectival: Rhode IslandRhode IslandThe 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...
- Demonym: Rhode Islander
Geography of Rhode Island
- Main article: Geography of Rhode Island
- Rhode Island is: a U.S. stateU.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
, a federal state of the United States of America - Location
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- East Coast of the United StatesEast Coast of the United StatesThe East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
- Northeastern United States
- New EnglandNew EnglandNew England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
- New England
- Northeast megalopolisNortheast megalopolisThe Northeast megalopolis or Boston–Washington megalopolis is the heavily urbanized area of the United States stretching from the the northern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts to the southern suburbs of Washington, D.C. On a map, the region appears almost as a perfectly straight line. As of 2000,...
- Northeastern United States
- East Coast of the United States
- Eastern United States
- Contiguous United States
- United States of America
- North America
- Americas
- Northern hemisphere
- Population of Rhode Island: 1,052,567 (2010 U.S. Census)
- Area of Rhode Island:
- Atlas of Rhode Island
Places in Rhode Island
- Historic places in Rhode Island
- National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Rhode Island
- National Natural Landmarks in Rhode Island
- National parks in Rhode Island
- State parks in Rhode Island
Environment of Rhode Island
- Climate of Rhode Island
- Protected areas in Rhode Island
- Superfund sites in Rhode Island
Natural geographic features of Rhode Island
- Lakes of Rhode Island
- Rivers of Rhode Island
Administrative divisions of Rhode Island
- The five counties of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Municipalities in Rhode Island
- Cities in Rhode Island
- State capital of Rhode Island: ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode IslandProvidence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
- City nicknames in Rhode Island
- State capital of Rhode Island: Providence
- Towns in Rhode Island
- Cities in Rhode Island
- Census-designated places in Rhode Island
- Municipalities in Rhode Island
Government and politics of Rhode Island
- Main article: Government of Rhode Island and Politics of Rhode IslandPolitics of Rhode IslandSince the Great Depression, the Rhode Island Democratic Party has dominated local politics. Rhode Island has comprehensive health insurance for low-income children, and a large social safety net. Because of this, many urban areas still have a high rate of children in poverty...
- Form of governmentForm of governmentA form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
: U.S. state governmentState governments of the United StatesState governments in the United States are those republics formed by citizens in the jurisdiction thereof as provided by the United States Constitution; with the original 13 States forming the first Articles of Confederation, and later the aforementioned Constitution. Within the U.S... - United States congressional delegations from Rhode IslandUnited States Congressional Delegations from Rhode IslandThese are tables of congressional delegations from Rhode Island to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- 1790 - 1843: At-large seat:When Rhode Island entered the Union in 1790. It had one seat...
- Rhode Island State Capitol
- Political party strength in Rhode IslandPolitical party strength in Rhode IslandThe following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Rhode Island:*Governor*Lieutenant Governor*Secretary of State*Attorney General*State TreasurerThe table also indicates the historical party composition in the:*State Senate...
Executive branch of the government of Rhode Island
- Governor of Rhode Island
- Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
- Secretary of State of Rhode IslandSecretary of State of Rhode IslandThe Secretary of the State of Rhode Island is an elected office in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of 2008, the current Secretary of State is A...
- State departments
- Rhode Island Department of TransportationRhode Island Department of TransportationThe Rhode Island Department of Transportation is a Rhode Island state government agency charged with construction, maintenance and inspection of a wide range of transportation infrastructure. These include 1,102 miles of state roads and highways, 772 bridges, and 777 traffic signals...
- Rhode Island Department of Transportation
Legislative branch of the government of Rhode Island
- Rhode Island General AssemblyRhode Island General AssemblyThe State of Rhode Island General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. A bicameral body, it is composed of the lower Rhode Island House of Representatives with 75 representatives, and the upper Rhode Island Senate with 38 senators...
(bicameral)- Upper houseUpper houseAn upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
: Rhode Island SenateRhode Island SenateThe Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. It is composed of 38 Senators, each of whom is elected to a two-year term. Rhode Island is one of the 14 states where its upper house serves at a two-year... - Lower houseLower houseA lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
: Rhode Island House of RepresentativesRhode Island House of RepresentativesThe Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. It is composed of 75 members, elected to two year terms from 75 districts of equal population. The Rhode Island General Assembly does not have...
- Upper house
Judicial branch of the government of Rhode Island
- Supreme Court of Rhode IslandRhode Island Supreme CourtThe Rhode Island Supreme Court, founded in 1747, is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The Court consists of a chief justice and four associate justices. The current Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court are:*Chief Justice Paul A...
Law and order in Rhode Island
Law of Rhode Island- Capital punishment in Rhode IslandCapital punishment in Rhode IslandRhode Island is one of the earliest states of the United States to abolish capital punishment, having completely abolished it for all crimes in 1852. The death penalty was later reintroduced in 1872, but it never was carried out before being abolished again in 1984.Rhode Island performed 52...
- Constitution of Rhode Island
- Crime in Rhode IslandCrime in Rhode Island-Statistics:In 2008 there were 32,470 crimes reported in Rhode Island, including 29 murders. A full list can be found .-Capital punishment laws:Capital punishment is illegal in this state....
- Gun laws in Rhode Island
- Law enforcement in Rhode Island
- Law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island
- Rhode Island State PoliceRhode Island State PoliceThe Rhode Island State Police is an agency of the state of Rhode Island responsible for statewide law enforcement and regulation, especially in areas underserved by local police agencies and on the state's limited-access highways...
- Rhode Island State Police
- Prisons in Rhode Island
- Law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island
- Same-sex marriage in Rhode IslandSame-sex marriage in Rhode IslandRecognition of same-sex unions in Rhode Island is legal in the form of civil unions in that state as of July 1, 2011. Since 2002, Rhode Island has allowed for unregistered domestic partnerships that provide some of the rights and benefits of marriage Recognition of same-sex unions in Rhode Island...
Military in Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Air National GuardRhode Island Air National GuardThe Rhode Island Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is, along with the Rhode Island Army National Guard, an element of the Rhode Island National Guard...
- Rhode Island Army National GuardRhode Island Army National GuardThe Rhode Island Army National Guard is the land force militia for the U.S. State of Rhode Island. It was established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the United States Code and operates under the command of the state governor...
History of Rhode Island, by period
- Indigenous peoples
- EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Colony of ProvidenceColony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsThe Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...
1636-1644 - EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Colonies of Rhode IslandColony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsThe Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...
1638-1644- Portsmouth CompactPortsmouth CompactThe Portsmouth Compact was a document signed on March 7, 1638 that established the settlement of Portsmouth, which is now a town in the state of Rhode Island...
, 1638
- Portsmouth Compact
- EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Colony of Providence PlantationsColony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsThe Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...
, 1644–1663- History of slavery in Rhode Island
- EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsColony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsThe Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...
, 1663–1686- King Philip's WarKing Philip's WarKing Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–76. The war is named after the main leader of the...
, 1675–1676
- King Philip's War
- EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Dominion of New-England in America, 1686–1689 - EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsColony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsThe Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...
, 1689–1707 - BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsColony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsThe Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...
, 1707–1776- King George's WarKing George's WarKing George's War is the name given to the operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession . It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in the British provinces of New York, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia...
, 1740–1748- Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748 ended the War of the Austrian Succession following a congress assembled at the Imperial Free City of Aachen—Aix-la-Chapelle in French—in the west of the Holy Roman Empire, on 24 April 1748...
- Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748
- French and Indian WarFrench and Indian WarThe French and Indian War is the common American name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756, the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war...
, 1754–1763- Treaty of Paris of 1763Treaty of Paris (1763)The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763, by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement. It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War...
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
- King George's War
- American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783- Treaty of ParisTreaty of Paris (1783)The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of...
, September 3, 1783
- Treaty of Paris
- State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since 1776
- Rhode IslandRhode IslandThe 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...
declares its independence from the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, May 4, 1776 - United States Declaration of IndependenceUnited States Declaration of IndependenceThe Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a...
, July 4, 1776- Fourth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, signed July 9, 1778
- Thirteenth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America on May 29, 1790
- War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815- Treaty of GhentTreaty of GhentThe Treaty of Ghent , signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent , was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
, December 24, 1814
- Treaty of Ghent
- Dorr RebellionDorr RebellionThe Dorr Rebellion was a short-lived armed insurrection in the U.S. state of Rhode Island led by Thomas Wilson Dorr, who was agitating for changes to the state's electoral system.- Precursors :...
1841-1842 - Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
- American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865- Rhode Island in the American Civil WarRhode Island in the American Civil WarThe state of Rhode Island during the American Civil War, as with all of New England, remained loyal to the Union. Rhode Island furnished 25,236 fighting men to the Union Army, of which 1,685 died. On the home front, Rhode Island, along with the other northern states, used its industrial capacity to...
- Rhode Island in the American Civil War
- Rhode Island
By municipality
- History of Burrillville
- History of Newport
- History of ProvidenceHistory of ProvidenceThe Rhode Island city of Providence has a nearly four hundred-year history integral to that of the USA, including the first bloodshed of the American Revolution, economic shifts from trading to manufacturing, the decline of which contemporaneous to the Great Depression devastated the city, and...
Culture of Rhode Island
- Main article: Culture of Rhode Island
- Cuisine of Rhode Island
- Museums in Rhode Island
- Religion in Rhode Island
- Episcopal Diocese of Rhode IslandEpiscopal Diocese of Rhode IslandThe Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the state of Rhode Island. It is one of seven New England dioceses that make up Province 1....
- Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island
- Scouting in Rhode IslandScouting in Rhode IslandScouting in Rhode Island has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.-Boy Scouts of America:...
- State symbols of Rhode Island
- Flag of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Seal of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Flag of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Economy and infrastructure of Rhode Island
- Main article: Economy of Rhode Island
- Communications in Rhode Island
- Health care in Rhode Island
- Transportation in Rhode Island
Education in Rhode Island
- Main article: Education in Rhode Island
- Schools in Rhode Island
- School districts in Rhode Island
- Colleges and universities in Rhode Island
- University of Rhode IslandUniversity of Rhode IslandThe University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...
- University of Rhode Island
See also
- Outline of geographyOutline of geographyThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
- Outline of North America
- Outline of the United States
- Outline of North America
- Index of Rhode Island-related articles