Rhode Island

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Rhode Island (Listeni/ˌroʊdˈaɪlənd/,[6][7] officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,[8] is a state in the New England region of the United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in area, the eighth least populous, and the second most densely populated (behind New Jersey) of the 50 U.S. states; its official name is also the longest of any state in the Union. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean (via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound) to the south.

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On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island became the first of the Thirteen Colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown,[9] and later, was the fourth to ratify—February 9, 1778—the Articles of Confederation between the newly sovereign states.[10] It boycotted the 1787 convention that drew up the United States Constitution,[11] and initially refused to ratify it.[12] On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island became the thirteenth and last state to ratify the Constitution.[13][14]

Rhode Island's official nickname is "The Ocean State", a reference to the state's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays and inlets that amount to about 14% of its total area.[2] Its land area is 1,045 square miles (2,710 km2), but its total area is significantly larger.