The Breakers is the beautiful and famous ocean-side estate of American businessman Cornelius Vanderbilt in Newport. Rhode Island's scenic coast and water sports attract thousands of visitors every year.

Encyclopedia articles

in World Book include:

A guide to Rhode Island
• Rhode Island
• Rhode Island (table: Interesting facts about Rhode Island)
• Rhode Island (table: Rhode Island in brief)
• Rhode Island (table: Places to visit in Rhode Island)
• Rhode Island (Visitor's guide)

Biographies

• Burnside, Ambrose E.
• Chafee, John Hubbard
• Chafee, Lincoln Davenport
• Cohan, George M.
• Ellery, William
• Gray, Robert
• Green, Theodore F.
• Greene, Nathanael
• Hopkins, Esek
• Hopkins, Stephen

• Hutchinson, Anne M.
• Pastore, John Orlando
• Perry, Oliver Hazard
• Philip, King
• Reed, Jack
• Slater, Samuel
• Stuart, Gilbert Charles
• Whitehouse, Sheldon
• Williams, Roger
• Woodcock, Leonard

Cities
• Newport
• Pawtucket
• Providence
• Warwick

Colleges and universities
• Rhode Island (table: Universities and colleges in Rhode Island)
• Brown University
• Naval War College
• Rhode Island, University of
• Rhode Island School of Design

Economy

• Rhode Island (table: Rhode Island's economic production and workers)
• Rhode Island (Economy)
• Agriculture
• Chemical industry
• Communication
• Computer (The computer industry)
• Electronics (The electronics industry)
• Farm and farming
• Fishing industry
• Livestock

• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Railroad
• Real estate
• Retailing
• Service industries
• Textile (The textile industry)
• Tourism
• Transportation (The transportation industry)

History

• Rhode Island (table: Important dates in Rhode Island)
• Rhode Island (table: Governors of Rhode Island)
• Rhode Island (History)
• American Revolution

• Colonial life in America
• Dorr Rebellion
• Indian wars (King Philip’s War (1675-1676))
• United States, History of the

Land and climate
• Rhode Island (Land and climate)
• Rhode Island (table: Average monthly weather in Rhode Island)

Native American groups
• Indian, American (Indians of the Northeast)
• Algonquin Indians
• Narragansett Indians
• Philip, King

Plant and animal life

• Azalea
• Bass
• Beaver
• Blue jay
• Deer
• Dogwood
• Eel
• Elm

• Flounder
• Fox
• Hickory
• Oak
• Pine
• Rabbit
• Trout

Selected Media

Blithewold Mansion	Rhode Island flag and seal	Rhode Island bird, flower, and tree
Rhode Island state quarter	Population density in Rhode Island	Newport, Rhode Island

Questions

• What American industries began in Rhode Island?
• How many islands does Rhode Island have?
• What were the conditions that led to the Dorr Rebellion? What were the results of the rebellion?
• Why did Roger Williams move to Rhode Island?
• How are Rhode Island and Connecticut different from all other U.S. states in local government?
• What are Rhode Island’s two main land regions?
• Where is Rhode Island’s oldest operating library?
• What is The Breakers?
• What political party gained control of the state’s government as a result of the Bloodless Revolution?
• Who was the publisher of Rhode Island’s first newspaper?

Books to read

Level I
• Deady, Kathleen W. Rhode Island. Capstone Pr., 2004.
• Doherty, Craig A. and Katherine M. Rhode Island. Facts on File, 2005.
• Heinrichs, Ann. Rhode Island. Child’s World, 2006.
• Klein, Ted. Rhode Island. 2nd ed. Benchmark Bks., 2008.

Level II
• Bilder, Mary S. The Transatlantic Constitution: Colonial Legal Culture and the Empire. Harvard Univ. Pr., 2004.
• Crane, Elaine F. A Dependent People: Newport, Rhode Island in the Revolutionary Era. Rev. ed. Fordham Univ. Pr., 1992.
• Curley, Robert P. Rhode Island: Off the Beaten Path. 6th ed. Globe Pequot, 2007. A travel guide.
• Feintuch, Burt, and Watters, D.H., eds. The Encyclopedia of New England. Yale, 2005.
• Gaustad, Edwin S. Roger Williams. Oxford, 2005.
• James, Sydney V. John Clarke and His Legacies: Religion and Law in Colonial Rhode Island, 1638-1750. Penn. State Univ. Pr., 1999.
• Moakley, Maureen, and Cornwell, Elmer. Rhode Island Politics and Government. Univ. of Neb. Pr., 2001.
• Rappleye, Charles. Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution. Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Newspapers

The Providence Journal

New Jersey

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