Historical outline of Rhode Island facts for kids

History of Rhode Island, by period:

• Indigenous peoples
• English Colony of Providence, 1636–1644
• English Colonies of Rhode Island, 1638–1644
  • Portsmouth Compact, 1638
• English Colony of Providence Plantations, 1644–1663
  • History of slavery in Rhode Island
• English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663–1686
  • King Philip's War, 1675–1676
• English Dominion of New-England in America, 1686–1689
• English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1689–1707
• British Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1707–1776
  • King George's War, 1740–1748
    • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748
  • French and Indian War, 1754–1763
    • Treaty of Paris of 1763
• American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
  • Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
• State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since 1776
  • Rhode Island declares its independence from the United Kingdom, May 4, 1776
  • United States Declaration of Independence, 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 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
    • Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
  • Dorr Rebellion, 1841–1842
  • Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
  • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • Rhode Island in the American Civil War