Author: George Washington GreenePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
A Short History of Rhode Island
Author: George Washington GreenePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
God, War, and Providence
Author: James A. WarrenPublisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1501180428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The tragic and fascinating history of the first epic struggle between white settlers and Native Americans in the early seventeenth century: “a riveting historical validation of emancipatory impulses frustrated in their own time” (Booklist, starred review) as determined Narragansett Indians refused to back down and accept English authority. A devout Puritan minister in seventeenth-century New England, Roger Williams was also a social critic, diplomat, theologian, and politician who fervently believed in tolerance. Yet his orthodox brethren were convinced tolerance fostered anarchy and courted God’s wrath. Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635, Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians and laid the foundations for the colony of Rhode Island as a place where Indian and English cultures could flourish side by side, in peace. As the seventeenth century wore on, a steadily deepening antagonism developed between an expansionist, aggressive Puritan culture and an increasingly vulnerable, politically divided Indian population. Indian tribes that had been at the center of the New England communities found themselves shunted off to the margins of the region. By the 1660s, all the major Indian peoples in southern New England had come to accept English authority, either tacitly or explicitly. All, except one: the Narragansetts. In God, War, and Providence “James A. Warren transforms what could have been merely a Pilgrim version of cowboys and Indians into a sharp study of cultural contrast…a well-researched cameo of early America” (The Wall Street Journal). He explores the remarkable and little-known story of the alliance between Roger Williams’s Rhode Island and the Narragansett Indians, and how they joined forces to retain their autonomy and their distinctive ways of life against Puritan encroachment. Deeply researched, “Warren’s well-written monograph contains a great deal of insight into the tactics of war on the frontier” (Library Journal) and serves as a telling precedent for white-Native American encounters along the North American frontier for the next 250 years.
The Rhode Island Colony
Author: Kathleen W. DeadyPublisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736826822
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Provides an introduction to the history, government, economy, resources, and people of the Rhode Island Colony. Includes maps, charts, and a timeline.
A History of the Narraganset Tribe of Rhode Island
Author: Robert A. GeakePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614238421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
The story of the indigenous people in what would become Rhode Island, their encounters with Europeans, and their return to sovereignty in the twentieth century. Before Roger Williams set foot in the New World, the Narragansett farmed corn and squash, hunted beaver and deer, and harvested clams and oysters throughout what would become Rhode Island. They also obtained wealth in the form of wampum, a carved shell that was used as currency along the eastern coast. As tensions with the English rose, the Narragansett leaders fought to maintain autonomy. While the elder Sachem Canonicus lived long enough to welcome both Verrazzano and Williams, his nephew Miatonomo was executed for his attempts to preserve their way of life and circumvent English control. Historian Robert A. Geake explores the captivating story of these Native Rhode Islanders.
The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries
Author: The City-State of Boston
Author: Mark PetersonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691209170
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
A groundbreaking history of early America that shows how Boston built and sustained an independent city-state in New England before being folded into the United States In the vaunted annals of America’s founding, Boston has long been held up as an exemplary “city upon a hill” and the “cradle of liberty” for an independent United States. Wresting this revered metropolis from these misleading, tired clichés, The City-State of Boston highlights Boston’s overlooked past as an autonomous city-state, and in doing so, offers a pathbreaking and brilliant new history of early America. Following Boston’s development over three centuries, Mark Peterson discusses how this self-governing Atlantic trading center began as a refuge from Britain’s Stuart monarchs and how—through its bargain with the slave trade and ratification of the Constitution—it would tragically lose integrity and autonomy as it became incorporated into the greater United States. The City-State of Boston peels away layers of myth to offer a startlingly fresh understanding of this iconic urban center.
Rhode Island Historical Society Collections
Author: Rhode Island Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Rhode Island Jewish Historical Notes
Author: The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America
Author: John Ward DeanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Book Notes
Author: Sidney Smith RiderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Consisting of literary gossip, criticisms of books and local historical matters connected with Rhode Island.