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Providence Plantations refers to the mainland portion of the state, which included Williams's Providence Plantation and Samuel Gortonâs Shawomet Purchase (1642), which was renamed Warwick Plantation. Rhode Island referred to Aquidneck Island, on which the settlements of Portsmouth (1638) and Newport (1639) were established.
He named the colony Providence Plantation, believing that God had brought him and his followers there. Plantation was used in the 17th century as a synonym for settlement or colony.. Williams named the other islands in the Narragansett Bay after virtues: Patience Island, Prudence Island and Hope Island.