PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS
\pɹˈɒvɪdəns plantˈe͡ɪʃənz], \pɹˈɒvɪdəns plantˈeɪʃənz], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_v_ɪ_d_ə_n_s p_l_a_n_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n_z]\
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March 14, 1644, Roger Williams obtained from the Parliamentary Commissioners a patent which associated the towns of Providence, Portsmouth and Newport in one community, though it prescribed no criterion of citizenship, and no form of organization. Massachusetts claimed these settlements in the Narragansett Country, but failed to make good her claim. Plymouth also threatened trouble concerning the ownership of the territory. Williams endeavored to institute a system of government, but the scheme proved a failure at first. The Providence Plantations remained distinct from the Rhode Island colony until they were united under the charter of 1663.
By John Franklin Jameson
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