Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 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, which led to the name of the modern town of Narragansett, Rhode Island. European settlement began around 1622 with a trading post
Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony to the island is via a weekly ferry that brings visitors and family members to the island but the boat is not allowed to dock at the island. Instead, police launch boats transfer passengers from the boat to the island. The vineyard at the Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony was first planted in 1999 but was soon abandoned only to be revived 10 years later by an inmate of the penal colony who had a family vineyard in Sicily and wanted to restore the Gorgona vineyards. In 2012, the Italian prison authorities inquired with various Italian wineries about partnering with the