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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3495279" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>May 4, 1776</p><p> On this day in 1776, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/rhode-island" target="_blank"><u>Rhode Island</u></a>, the colony founded by the most radical religious dissenters from the Puritans of <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/massachusetts" target="_blank"><u>Massachusetts</u></a> Bay Colony, becomes the first North American colony to renounce its allegiance to King <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/george-iii" target="_blank"><u>George III</u></a>. Ironically, Rhode Island would be the last state to ratify the new American <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/constitution" target="_blank"><u>Constitution</u></a> more than 14 years later on May 29, 1790.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3495279, member: 1246"] May 4, 1776 On this day in 1776, [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/rhode-island'][U]Rhode Island[/U][/URL], the colony founded by the most radical religious dissenters from the Puritans of [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/massachusetts'][U]Massachusetts[/U][/URL] Bay Colony, becomes the first North American colony to renounce its allegiance to King [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/george-iii'][U]George III[/U][/URL]. Ironically, Rhode Island would be the last state to ratify the new American [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/constitution'][U]Constitution[/U][/URL] more than 14 years later on May 29, 1790. [/QUOTE]
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