Rhode Island Ppt6

The state of:

Rhode Island Andrew#23 5-3-06

Symbols of Rhode Island • The state bird is: Rhode Island Red • The state flower is: violet • The state tree is: red maple

Rhode Island Flag  

Placed on a white field is a circl e of thir teen gold star s r epresent ing the first thir teen stat es . The s tars surr ound a g ol d ship' s anchor . The states motto " Hope" is o n a bl ue rib bon b el ow the a nch or.  

Rhode Island Nickname • Rhode Island state nickname is “the ocean state”, because of most of the land lies along the Atlantic ocean

fast fact If you were to squeeze a piece of modeling clay shaped like Rhode Island into a perfect square, the boundary would be only about 140 miles (225 kilometers long. from the book “Rhode Island” by Sylvia McNair pg: 9

The largest cities of Rhode Island •Providence   •Warwick   • Cranston   •Pawtucket   •East Providence   • Woonsocket •  Coventry   • North Providence   •Cumberland   • West Warwick

Facts about Rhode Island • The first circus in the United States was in Newport in 1774 •

The world's largest bug is on the roof of New England Pest Control in Providence. It's a big blue termite, 58 feet long and 928 times actual termite size.

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Portsmouth is home to the oldest schoolhouse in the United States. The school was built in 1716.  

• Since 1785 Bristol has the longest running, unbroken series of 4th of July Independence Day observances in the country.

Statehood This state became the 13th state in the United States on May 29, 1790 The founder of Rhode Island was Roger Williams The first Governor of Rhode Island was Nicholas Cooke

Governor • Rhode Island governor: Mr. Carcieri

These are the desks the senators sit in.

Maps

The area of Rhode Island Area:

1545 sq.mi.

Land: Land 1045 sq. mi. Water: Water 500 sq.mi.

Economy

Agri cul ture: Nursery stock, vegetables, dairy products, eggs. Industry: Fashion jewelry, fabricated metal products, electric equipment, machinery, shipbuilding and boatbuilding, tourism.

Original name • Possibly named in honor of the Greek Island of Rhodes or was named Roode Eylandt by Adriaen Block, Dutch explorer, because of its red clay.

The State of Rhode Island Senate Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Paiva-Weed

 

President of the senate Joseph A. Montalbano

Senate Minority Leader                                           

Dennis L. Algiere

The State of Rhode Island   House of Representatives Speaker of the House William J. Murphy

House Majority Leader Gordon D. Fox

House Minority Leader Robert A. Watson

Famous People from Rhode Island •

Harry Anderson actor, Newport George M. Cohan actor, dramatist, Providence Eddie Dowling actor, stage producer, Woonscocket Nelson Eddy baritone, actor, Providence Peter Farrelly writer, director, Cumberland Jabez Gorham silversmith, Providence Robert Gray sea captain, Tiverton Spalding Gray writer, performance artist, Barrington Bobby Hackett trumpeter, Providence David Hartman TV newscaster, Pawtucket Ruth Hussey actress, Providence Thomas H. Ince film producer, Newport Van Johnson actor, Newport Galway Kinnell poet, Providence Irving R. Levine news correspondent, Pawtucket H. P. Lovecraft author, Providence Ida Lewis lighthouse keeper, Newport Dana C. Munro educator, historian Matthew C. Perry naval officer, Newport Oliver Hazard Perry naval officer, South Kingstown Gilbert Stuart painter, North Kingstown Stephen Wilcox inventor, Westerly Jemima Wilkinson religious leader, Cumberland

Leonard Woodcock labor union official, Providence

Rhode Island Motto • The Rhode Island state motto is “hope” • What makes Rhode Island special is Rhode Island was last one of the original thirteen colonies • Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States

Credits: • www.AJ.com/images • http://50states.com/rhodeIsland.htm • http://google.com/images • Rhode Island by: Sylvia McNair • and to the Tiverton Pubic Library for more information about Rhode Island

Pictures of the trip