Rhode Island got its name from a Dutch explorer who dubbed it "red island". But the full name of the colony settled by Roger Williams in 1636 was Colony of Rhode Island and what?

Providence Plantations was the name of the first permanent European American settlement in Rhode Island, founded by Roger Williams and Dr. John Clarke. They had left the Massachusetts Bay Colony, just north, to flee the religious intolerance of the settlers there. Eventually, Providence Plantations became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Today, the state is still officially known as the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

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