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,
The Devil Makes Sunday The Devil Makes Sunday The Devil Makes Sunday is a TV play about a convict break out on Norfolk Island by Bruce Stewart, who had just written "Shadow of a Pale Horse". It was based on the real life Norfolk Island convict mutinies. It was filmed for British, US and Australian TV. It was also adapted for radio. In 1840 on Norfolk Island, convicts rise up against their guards. The play was filmed in Britain as part of "ITV Sunday Night Drama". The episode was filmed in the US as part of the "US Steel Hour". On the penal colony