Author: Edward Field
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Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Author: Edward Field
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Author: James A. Warren
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1501180428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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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.

Author: Christian M. McBurney
Publisher: Westholme Pub Llc
ISBN: 9781594161346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 427

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Chronicles the battle fought by the joint American and French forces against the British during the Revolutionary War, describing the complex, multi-faceted sea strategies and the controversial decisions made on both sides by the prominent patriots involved.

Author: Christian McBurney
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439660727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newport and the Northeast's largest naval air station at Quonset Point. Three special, top-secret German POW camps were based in Narragansett and Jamestown. Meanwhile, Rhode Island workers from all over the state - including, for the first time, many women - manufactured military equipment and built warships, most notably the Liberty ships at Providence Shipyard. Authors from the Rhode Island history blog smallstatebighistory.com trace Rhode Island's outsized wartime role, from the scare of an enemy air raid after Pearl Harbor to the war's final German U-boat sunk off Point Judith.

Author: Edward Field
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337845698
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Author: Edward Field
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333873844
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Excerpt from Revolutionary Defences in Rhode Island: An Historical Account of the Fortifications and Beacons Erected During the American Revolution, With Muster Rolls of the Companies Stationed Along the Shores of Narragansett Bay I take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to my friend Norman M. Isham, Esquire, for his generous contribution to these pages, in making the drawings and the map of the State of Rhode Island, which form a part of the illustrations of this book. I am also indebted to the Honorable Charles P. Bennett, Secretary of State, for the privilege of reproducing the map of the operations on Rhode Island, now in his custody, and to the Honorable George M. Carpenter, the Honorable Amos Perry, Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, and to R. H. Tilley, Esquire, Libra rian of the Newport Historical Society, forthe opportunity of using valuable manu scripts, interesting relics, and for many other kindnesses. The full-page photographs, with one exception, the Butt's Hill fort, are the work of Samuel B. Burnham, Esquire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Edward Field
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Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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Author: Timothy Pickering
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Author: Christian McBurney
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439668329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Following the success of World War II Rhode Island, author Christian McBurney returns, with new coauthors Norman Desmarais and Varoujan Karentz, to present extraordinary personal stories of local contributions to the war effort. From John F. Kennedy's training as a PT boat commander at Melville to George H.W. Bush's training as a pilot at Charlestown, the smallest state played an oversized role preparing navy officers and sailors. Important innovations are credited here too. Radar used on night-flying aircraft was developed at Jamestown's Spraycliff Observatory and tested at Charlestown, and at Davisville, Seabees developed a pontoon aircraft landing field tested on Narragansett Bay. Scituate was home to the nation's most successful spy listening station. After these and more captivating stories are revealed, the final chapter details existing World War II sites across the state readers can visit.