Text on Rhode Island, The
Ocean State Coffee Mug:
Rhode Island, state in the northeastern United
States, in New England, officially the State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations. On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island became the
first of the 13 original colonies to declare its independence
from Great Britain. However, it was the last of the 13 colonies
to ratify the Constitution of the United States, doing so on May
29, 1790. I is the smallest state in the Union.
The name Rhode Island is the official name of
the largest island of Narragansett Bay. Providence is Rhode
Island’s capital and its largest city. Rhode Island’s official
nickname is the Ocean State. The state’s small size led to the
emergence of what is now its most common, although unofficial,
nickname, Little Rhody.
