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History of Rhode Island

Try to answer these questions about the history of the state of Rhode Island.
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Puritan who founded Rhode Island in 1636
Roger Williams
Original full name of Rhode Island before 2020
State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
City on Aquidneck Island known for its historic Gilded Age mansions
Newport
Name the mansion built for each person
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
The Breakers
William Kissam Vanderbilt
Marble House
Edward Julius Berwind
The Elms
William Shepard Wetmore
Chateau-Sur-Mer
Sailing race held in Rhode Island from 1930-1983
America's Cup
Woman involved in the Antinomian Controversy who co-founded Portsmouth, RI
Anne Hutchinson
Ivy League college founded in Providence in 1764
Brown University
College founded in Smithfield in 1863
Bryant University
U.S. President whose wedding was held at St. Mary's Church in 1953
John F. Kennedy
Singer who played an electric guitar at a folk festival in 1965, sparking controversy
Bob Dylan
Horror writer born in Providence in 1890 who died in 1937
H.P. Lovecraft
Industrialist who established the first water-powered textile mill in the U.S.
Samuel Slater
Providence suburb originally known as Pawtuxet
Cranston
Island settled in 1661 by sixteen families from Massachusetts
Block Island
Document that Rhode Island rejected multiple times and was the last to ratify of the
original 13 colonies
U.S. Constitution
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