Rhode Island Round UP

The Capital of Rhode Island is

• Montgomery

• Province

• Providence

• Albany

Rhode Islands Nickname is

• The Last Frontier

• The Sunshine State

• The Tar Heel State

• The Ocean State

Rhode Island became the 13th State on

• May 4, 1776

• 1776

• George Washington

• July 3, 1776

The State Bird is

• The Cardinal

• Rhode Island Hawk

• Rhode Island Red Chicken

• The Vulture

The state Flower is

• Big

• The Violet

• The tulip

• The Rose

The state is

• Eastern Pine

• Red Maple

• Live Oak

• Roanoke

Rhode Island's Claim to Fame

• Cheese

• Tourist Location

• Smallest State

• Largest State

This state boarders Rhode Island to the East and the North

• New York

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Massachusetts

Where Did Rhode Island Get Its Name: (Choose 2)

• Giovanni de Verrazzaon comparing it to the Greek Island of Rhodes and inspired colonist Roger Williams to name the Colony Rhode Island.

• Thomas Jefferson thought it was an Island at first and built a rode through it to Massachusetts, the name Rhode Island was born.

• Dutch explorer Adriaen Block called it Roodt Eylandt, meaning "red island" and it later changed to Rhode Island.

• Alexander Hamilton Rapped about it.

Rhode Island is state the ____ number state to enter the union

• 1

• 31

• 12

• 13