Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations people. On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th state and the last of the former colonies to ratify the Constitution. Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It was an English colony from 1636 until the American Revolution in 1776, when it became the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (commonly known simply as Rhode Island). The land that became the English colony was first home to the Narragansett Indians,
Macquarie Harbour Penal Station - Being an account of twelve voyages to Macquarie Harbour and Sarah Island" furthers understanding of the history and the recent archaeological work on the island. The films "The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce" and "Van Diemen's Land" deal with one of the more notorious escapees. 3 September 1830 five men ran away from the settlement, Richard Hutchinson, William Coventry, Patrick Fagan, Mathew Macavoy, and Broughton, and that they were upwards of thirty days before the two 'survivors' surrendered themselves at Macguire's Marsh near Osterley. Macquarie Harbour Penal Station The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, a former British colonial penal settlement,