Talk:History of Rhode Island

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I think that we should either merge this page with Rhode Island, or remove the very long history section in that article. --Ehburrus 01:46, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boundaries

A longer explanation of how the boundaries of the state were established would be informative. In particular, it seems that at some point Bristol County, Rhode Island was transferred from Massachusetts. -- Beland 02:09, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm working on this now. See also History of Massachusetts. -- Beland 17:43, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Demographics of settlers

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This story says that "Baptists founded Rhode Island". The article does not really clearly characterize the religious affiliation of the founders. If it's possible to do that for Williams and Hutchinson, or for other groups of immigrants at various times (and for later immigrants, their countries of origin), that would be informative. -- Beland 22:20, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contradictions

This article is contradicted by [1], which says that Warwick already existed by 1642, and in that year the four towns of Providence, Warwick, Portsmouth, and Newport were united under a single charter. It would probably be useful to refer to actual history books for a more detailed explanation which can be properly summarized here. -- Beland 17:50, 15 October 2007 (UTC)