The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to the U.S. State of

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

General reference

* Names ** Common name:

*** Pronunciation: ** Official name: State of Rhode Island ** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: RI *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-RI *** Internet

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barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005 *** Ocean State (currently used on license plates) * Adjectival: Rhode Island * Demonym: Rhode Islander

Geography of Rhode Island

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* 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 *** Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island * National Natural Landmarks in Rhode Island * State parks in Rhode Island

Environment of Rhode Island

* Climate of Rhode Island * Protected areas in Rhode Island ** State forests of Rhode Island * Superfund sites in Rhode Island

Natural geographic features of Rhode Island

Lakes of Rhode Island This is a list of lakes and ponds in Rhode Island, United States. The state contains hundreds of bodies of water, totaling to of freshwater. The 237 largest lakes and ponds make up 91% of all inland freshwater area in the state. Most lakes in ...

* Rivers of Rhode Island

Regions of Rhode Island

Demography of Rhode Island

Demographics of Rhode Island

Government and politics of Rhode Island

Politics of Rhode Island *

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* Rhode Island State Capitol * Political party strength in Rhode Island

Branches of the government of Rhode Island

Government of Rhode Island The government of the state of Rhode Island is prescribed from a multitude of sources; the main sources are the Rhode Island Constitution, the General Laws, and executive orders. The governmental structure is modeled on the Government of the Uni ...

Executive branch of the government of Rhode Island

Governor of Rhode Island The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The current governor is Dan McKee, a member of the Democrati ...

Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island The current lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is Sabina Matos, who was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after Daniel McKee succeeded to the office of governor. The first lieutenant governor was George Brown. In Rhode Island, the lieutenant gov ...

** Secretary of State of Rhode Island * State departments ** Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Legislative branch of the government of Rhode Island

Rhode Island General Assembly The 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 Se ...

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Upper house An upper house is one of two Legislative chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted p ...

Rhode Island Senate The Rhode Island Senate is the upper house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the lower house being the Rhode Island House of Representatives. It is composed of 38 Senators, each of w ...

Lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise e ...

Rhode Island House of Representatives The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the upper house being the Rhode Island Senate. It is ...

Judicial branch of the government of Rhode Island

Courts of Rhode Island * Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Law and order in Rhode Island

Law of Rhode Island * Cannabis in Rhode Island * Capital punishment in Rhode Island * Constitution of Rhode Island * Crime in Rhode Island * Gun laws in Rhode Island * Law enforcement in Rhode Island ** Law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island *** Rhode Island State Police **

Prisons in Rhode Island A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where people are imprisoned under the authority of the state, usually as punishment for various cri ...

Same-sex marriage in Rhode Island Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Rhode Island since August 1, 2013. The state had authorized a limited form of domestic partnerships from 2002 to 2011 and the formation of civil unions from 2011 until the state began recognizing ...

Military in Rhode Island

* Rhode Island Air National Guard * Rhode Island Army National Guard

Local government in Rhode Island

History of Rhode Island

History of Rhode Island, by period

Indigenous peoples There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...

* 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 The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was an English colony on the eastern coast of America, founded in 1636 by Puritan minister Roger Williams after his exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It became a haven for religious d ...

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King Philip's War King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1678 between a group of indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodland ...

, 1675–1676 * English Dominion of New-England in America, 1686–1689 * English

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, 1740–1748 *** Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748 **

French and Indian War The French and Indian War, 1754 to 1763, was a colonial conflict in North America between Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of France, France, along with their respective Native Americans in the United States, Native American ...

, 1754–1763 ***

Treaty of Paris of 1763 The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, following Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain during t ...

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 ** Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783 * State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since 1776 **

declares its independence from the

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, May 4, 1776 **

United States Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen States of America in the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the Second Continen ...

, July 4, 1776 ***Fourth state to ratify the

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, signed July 9, 1778 ** Thirteenth state to ratify the

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on May 29, 1790 **

War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States United States declaration of war on the Uni ...

, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815 ***

Treaty of Ghent The Treaty of Ghent () was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took effect in February 1815. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands (now in ...

, December 24, 1814 ** Dorr Rebellion, 1841–1842 **

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, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 **

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, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 *** Rhode Island in the American Civil War

History of Rhode Island, by region

By municipality

* History of Burrillville * History of Newport * History of Providence

History of Rhode Island, by subject

* List of Rhode Island state legislatures

Culture of Rhode Island

Culture of Rhode Island * Cuisine of Rhode Island *

Museums in Rhode Island A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers ...

* Religion in Rhode Island ** Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island * Scouting in Rhode Island * 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

The arts in Rhode Island

Music of Rhode Island Rhode Island, a state of the United States in the New England region, is known for a diverse and thriving music scene. History In 1733, the first organ said to be designed for church use, was installed at Trinity Church in Newport. In the l ...

Sports in Rhode Island

Economy and infrastructure of Rhode Island

Economy of Rhode Island * Communications in Rhode Island ** Newspapers in Rhode Island **

Radio stations in Rhode Island The following is a list of the FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * W ...

** Television stations in Rhode Island * Health care in Rhode Island ** Hospitals in Rhode Island * Transportation in Rhode Island ** Airports in Rhode Island

Education in Rhode Island

Education in Rhode Island * Schools in Rhode Island ** School districts in Rhode Island *** High schools in Rhode Island ** Colleges and universities in Rhode Island ***

University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of Rhode Island. The univer ...

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Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...

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