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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did South county Reach a peak of prosperity? | the mid 18th century |
| What Was The First Town Founded In Rhode Island? | Portsmouth |
| By 1689 what was the pop. in RI? (roughly) | 6,000 |
| How many towns in RI by 1774? | 29 |
| How many residents lived in RI by 1774? | 59,707 |
| What Subdivided providence? | Agriculture on land |
| Apples, onions, flax, dairy prouducts are all ex. of what | Main RI exports that would travel in the atlantic for use |
| Boards planks timber barrels | Main Ri export shipped internationally from forest |
| Whales, fish for fertilizer | Main RI export shipped internationally from ocean |
| Molasses shipped to RI to be made into rum for... | Slave trade |
| Rum was traded for slaves as a form of... | currency |
| rum was traded for slaves in the... | Mid 1700s or the end of the colonial period |
| slaves were transported in... | crowded, dirty vessels |
| slaves were brought to... | southern colonies |
| Sometimes slaves even had to travel back home to... | work in the rich plantation owners |
| what was the "mother country? | England |
| The Rhode Island leader was... | in resistance |
| Cumberland Tiverton Little Compton Warren Barrington and Bristol | Were annexed out of a settlement with Mass |
| Samuel Ward: | one of the two leaders of RI that got in a quarrel with eachother and decided to separate. ****** got Newport and South County |
| Stephan Hopkins | one of the two leaders of RI that got in a quarrel with eachother and decided to seprate. ****** got providence area |