Polity Shawomet

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Was the second plantation settlement founded by English colonists on the mainland of Rhode Island.

Establishment

  • January 1643: The second plantation settlement on the mainland was Samuel Gorton's Shawomet Purchase from the Narragansetts in 1642.

Chronology

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1. Royal Charter of 1663

Was Royal Charter that united four English settlements together into the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

  • July 1663: The Royal Charter of 1663 consolidated four settlements into a single entity known as the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Disestablishment

  • July 1663: The Royal Charter of 1663 consolidated four settlements into a single entity known as the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.